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The China Syndrome

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A nuclear meltdown is also colloquially known as the China syndrome, from the humorously exaggerated notion that molten reactor material would burrow from the United States through the center of the earth and emerge in China.

The China Syndrome The link opens in a new window., a 1979 film, refers to this concept which is mentioned only jokingly.

09-29-2003