China-syndrome
noun
1.
a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
noun
a hypothetical sequence of events following a nuclear reactor meltdown, in which the core melts through its container and deep into the earth
Word Origin
from China’s being on the opposite side of the earth from a U.S. nuclear reactor
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