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View synonyms for China syndrome
China syndrome
noun
- a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of China syndrome1
First recorded in 1970–75; from the jocular notion that the hot reactor core would pass through to the other side of the earth
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Example Sentences
One of my mentors and friend Jim Bridges was the director of The China Syndrome with Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas.
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