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Popularized via the 1979 disaster thriller film The China Syndrome.
China syndrome (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 China syndromes)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/08/01 04:42 UTC 版)
The term China syndrome (loss of coolant accident) describes a nuclear reactor operations accident characterized by the severe meltdown of the core components of the reactor, which then burn through the containment vessel and the housing building, then notionally through the crust and body of the Earth until reaching China.