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China syndrome

China syndrome

(Science: radiobiology) American jargon/slang for a nuclear fission meltdown accident (see meltdown) in which the molten nuclear core heats and melts the ground beneath it, thus sinking into the earth, and heading towards china (which is roughly on the opposite side of the globe).


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... (fusarium yellows on asparagus); f.sp.callistephi (wilt on China aster); f.sp.cubense (Panama disease/wilt on banana); f.sp.dianthi ... reduced growth rate, decreased resistance to infection, fatty liver syndrome and death. [14] The influential Edward Hammond of the Sunshine Project15, ...

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The Fiber Disease

... (fusarium yellows on asparagus); f.sp.callistephi (wilt on China aster); f.sp.cubense (Panama disease/wilt on banana); f.sp.dianthi ... reduced growth rate, decreased resistance to infection, fatty liver syndrome and death. [14] The influential Edward Hammond of the Sunshine Project15, ...

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