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   China syndrome

   noun

   • 1. a hypothetical sequence of events following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor, in which the core melts through its containment structure and deep into the earth.

   Word Origin 1970s: from China (as being on the opposite side of the earth from a reactor in the US).

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