INES level 7

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INES level 7 is the highest rating on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, reserved for catastrophic nuclear accidents with widespread health and environmental effects.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
INES Level 7 1
INES level 7 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear event severity rating ⓘ
scale level ⓘ
appliesTo nuclear accidents ⓘ
radiological accidents ⓘ
belongsToCategory nuclear safety classification ⓘ
characterizedBy large release of radioactive material ⓘ
severe off-site risk ⓘ
widespread environmental effects ⓘ
widespread health effects ⓘ
definedBy International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD
greaterThan INES level 6 ⓘ
hasCategory major accident ⓘ
hasConsequence large-scale evacuation and relocation ⓘ
possible long-term cancer risk increase ⓘ
hasExample Chernobyl disaster ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
hasOrdinal 7 ⓘ
hasPosition highest level on the INES scale ⓘ
impactOn environment ⓘ
human health ⓘ
large geographical areas ⓘ
long-term land use ⓘ
introducedIn 1990 ⓘ
partOf International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale ⓘ
requires implementation of planned and extended countermeasures ⓘ
riskLevel extreme ⓘ
scaleRange 0–7 ⓘ
severityDescription major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures ⓘ
usedFor communicating severity of nuclear events to the public ⓘ
international comparison of nuclear incidents ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reactor No. 4 → radiologicalReleaseLevel → INES level 7 ⓘ
this entity surface form: INES Level 7