臨界事故

Reading

Kana: りんかいじこ

Romaji: rinkaijiko

Definition

noun

1

criticality accident (in the nuclear industry)

Kanji

臨

Readings: リン、 のぞ.む

Meanings: look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on

界

Reading: カイ

Meanings: world, boundary

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently