チャイナシンドローム

noun

China syndrome

A hypothetical nuclear reactor meltdown scenario where the core melts through the containment and into the earth, supposedly toward China. Used in technical and popular contexts.

• チャイナシンドロームは、原げん子し炉ろの炉ろ心しん溶よう融ゆうが地じ面めんを貫かん通つうするという仮か想そう的てきな事じ故こシナリオだ。

  The China syndrome is a hypothetical accident scenario in which a nuclear reactor core meltdown penetrates the ground.