China syndrome

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• China syndrome — {n.}, {informal} From the title of the movie with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. The possibility that an industrial nuclear reactor might explode, literally affecting the other side of the planet (as if by eating a hole through the earth all the way …   Словарь американских идиом

• China syndrome — {n.}, {informal} From the title of the movie with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. The possibility that an industrial nuclear reactor might explode, literally affecting the other side of the planet (as if by eating a hole through the earth all the way …   Словарь американских идиом

• China Syndrome — For the 1979 film, see The China Syndrome. For The King of Queens episode, see China Syndrome (The King of Queens). Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. The term China syndrome (loss of coolant accident) describes a nuclear reactor operations… …   Wikipedia

• China syndrome — noun a) A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earths surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling… …   Wiktionary

• China Syndrome — noun Etymology: from the notion that the molten reactor contents could hypothetically sink through the earth to reach China Date: 1970 meltdown 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• China syndrome — Деловая лексика: китайский синдром …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь



• The China Syndrome — Infobox Film | name =The China Syndrome caption =The China Syndrome promotional movie poster director = James Bridges producer = Michael Douglas writer = Mike Gray T.S. Cook James Bridges starring =Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas music =… …   Wikipedia

• The China Syndrome — Le Syndrome chinois Le Syndrome chinois Titre original The China Syndrome Réalisation James Bridges Acteurs principaux Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scénario Mike Gray T.S. Cook James Bridges Production Michael Douglas …   Wikipédia en Français

• The China Syndrome — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Das China Syndrom Originaltitel: The China Syndrome Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1979 Länge: 117 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• The CHINA SYNDROME —    Film (1979). IPC Films. Dir James Bridges, starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Wilford Brimley. Screenplay Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, Bridges. 122 mins. Colour.    Made by the production company with which Jane Fonda was associated… …   Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia