How to Use "meltdown" with Example Sentences

1. The risk of a reactor meltdown there is awful enough .
2. During that period it became clear that a partial meltdown had taken place in at least one of the six reactors .
3. A catastrophic meltdown is a sombre possibility .
4. The united states hasn 't had a meltdown since at any of its more than 100 reactors .
5. If the cores cannot be cooled sufficiently , a total meltdown could ensue , exposing the fuel rods to the outside air and further spreading radiation .