Windscale nuclear reactor (later renamed Sellafield) in northwest England
Sale of milk and other produces from nearby farms were banned for a month. Scores of people later developed cancer and died because of exposure to radiation.
March 28, 1979
Three Mile Island in the United States
Evacuation of at least 150,000 local residents.
April 26, 1986
Chernobyl nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union
Explosion killed 30 people on the spot, released more than eight tons of highly radioactive material, contaminated 60,000 square km of land, and caused more than 3.2 million people to be affected by radiation.
April 6, 1993
Tomsk-7 Reprocessing Complex in the Siberian region of Russia
A total of 10 square km of land was contaminated by radioactive material and a number of nearby villages were evacuated.
Sept 30, 1999
Tokai village, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Nuclear accident killed two workers, exposed dozens of people to radiation and forced the evacuation of local residents.
Aug 9, 2004
No 3 reactor at Kansai Electric's Mihama power plant, Japan.
Four workers were killed and seven others injured.
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