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Time Line - On This Walking Day
April 19th,1984
Spillage of radioactive coolant water.

Technical failure at Sequoyah nuclear power plant causes spillage of radioactive coolant water. (USA)


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Time Line - On This Walking Day
April 19th,1989
Fuel rod was dropped during loading.

Lithuania, USSR - An accident was reported to have taken place on April 19 at the USSR's biggest nuclear power station, the Ignalina plant in Lithuania. According to a Lithuanian journalist quoted in a Dutch newspaper Volkskrant, a fuel rod was dropped during loading, causing a hole in the bottom of the cooling water reservoir. ("volkskrant" (No) 22/4/89; WISE-311 28/4/89).

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