China syndrome
noun
mass noun
- 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灾难性核事故(核反应堆熔毁, 活性区熔穿容器, 渗入深层地表的假想系列事件)。
词源
1970s: from CHINA (as being on the opposite side of the earth from a reactor in the US).