核事故

依照国际原子能机构（IAEA）的标准，核事故是指对人、环境或设备造成严重后果的事件。核事故导致的后果有致死的影响、对自然环境造成的大量辐射泄漏、爐心熔毀等。^[1]“重大核事故”，比如1986年的切尔诺贝利核事故，则通常指堆芯（英语：reactor core）损坏，大量放射性材料泄漏的事故。^[2]

核子動力潛艇事故包括K-19（1961），K-19（1961），K-11（1965），K-27（1968），K-140（1968），K-429（1970），K-222（1980）和 K-431（1985）^[3]^[4]。严重的辐射事件/事故包括克什特姆核廢料爆炸事故，溫斯喬火災，哥斯达黎加的放射性事故^[5]，萨拉戈萨的放射性事故^[6]，摩洛哥的辐射事故^[7]，戈亚尼亚事故（英语：Goiania accident）,^[8]，墨西哥城的辐射事故，泰国的放射治疗单位事故^[9]，以及印度的Mayapuri放射性事故^[9]。

国际原子能机构设有一个网站报道最近的事故^[10]。

参阅

^ Staff, IAEA, AEN/NEA. International Nuclear and Radiological Events Scale Users' Manual, 2008 Edition (PDF). Vienna, Austria: International Atomic Energy Agency. : 184 [2010-07-26]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2011-05-15）.
^ Yablokov, Alexey V.; Nesterenko, Vassily B.; Nesterenko, Alexey; Sherman-Nevinger, consulting editor, Jannette D. Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. Boston, MA: Blackwell Publishing for the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2009 [2016-06-11]. ISBN 978-1-57331-757-3.
^ The Worst Nuclear Disasters. TIME.com. 25 March 2009.
^ Johnston, Robert. Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties. Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events. September 23, 2007.
^ Gusev, Igor; Guskova, Angelina; Mettler, Fred A. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, Second Edition. CRC Press. 2001-03-28. ISBN 9781420037197 （英语）.
^ Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources p. 15.
^ NRC: Information Notice No. 85-57: Lost Iridium-192 Source Resulting in the Death of Eight Persons in Morocco.
^ The Radiological Accident in Goiania p. 2.
^ ^9.0 ^9.1 Pallava Bagla. "Radiation Accident a 'Wake-Up Call' For India's Scientific Community" Science, Vol. 328, 7 May 2010, p. 679.
^ IAEA Scientific and Technical Publications of Special Interest. www-pub.iaea.org. [2016-04-07].