Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents

These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents.

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant , in Niigata Prefecture , Japan , the world's largest single nuclear power station, was completely shut down for 21 months following an earthquake in 2007. [ 1 ]
Erosion of the 150-millimetre-thick (5.9 in) carbon steel reactor head at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant , in Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA , in 2002, caused by a persistent leak of borated water
The Hanford Site , in Benton County, Washington, USA , represents two-thirds of America's high-level radioactive waste by volume. Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the Columbia River in January 1960.
This image of the core from the SL-1 disaster, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA , served as a reminder of the necessity for proper reactor practice and safeguards.
The 18,000 km 2 expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), in present-day Kazakhstan , covers an area the size of Wales . [ 2 ]