Church Rock Uranium Spill – 1979
Quizmasters of the world sit up and take note. Here’s the question: ‘Name the worst
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Three Mile Island – 1979
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Seveso Disaster – 1976
The small chemical plant owned by Hoffmann-La Roche subsidiary ICMESA near Meda, 15 km (10
Flixborough Chemical Disaster – 1974
People characterized as NIMBYs (‘Not In My Back Yarders’) are the curse of would-be developers
Buffalo Creek Flood – 1972
Don’t always trust a US Federal Mine Inspector – that was the painful lesson learned
Aberfan – 1966
Coal was the life-blood of industry in South Wales, with whole communities dependent on the
Knox Mine Disaster – 1959
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Springhill Mines Bump – 1958
Canada’s Springhill coalfield in Nova Scotia opened in the 19th century, and was the scene
Windscale Fire – 1957
Generating electricity by means of nuclear energy was a young industry in 1957. The Windscale
Kyshtym Nuclear Disaster – 1957
Nuclear fission was a sensitive subject in the Soviet Union during the Cold War years
Texas City Disaster – 1947
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Port Chicago Munitions Explosion – 1944
America prides itself on defending national shores and protecting its people against hostile incursion in
Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosions – 1944
At first, nobody noticed a cloud of vapor pouring from an Ohio Gas Company storage
Benxihu (Honkeiko) Colliery – 1942
Being a coal miner in China has never been the easiest or safest of careers,
Hawk’s Nest Tunnel tragedy – 1930s
It seems bizarre that one of the USA’s worst-ever industrial disasters happened without a single
Oppau Explosion – 1921
Ignorance can be bliss – until disaster strikes. Before World War I the BASF (Badische
Boston Molasses Disaster – 1919
The Purity Distilling Company was an alcohol manufacturer based in the North End area of
Monongah Mining Disaster – 1907
West Virginia and mining go together like coal and dust, which means the impoverished state
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