Cika wannan jumla: A nukiliya phasing-fita ne dakatar da yin amfani da makamashin nukiliya domin samar da makamashi. Sau da yawa ana farawa ne saboda damuwa game da makamashin nukiliya, sauye-sauye yawanci ya haɗa da rufe tashoshin wutar lantarki na nukiliya da kuma duban burbushin halittu da makamashi mai sabuntawa. Hatsarin nukiliya guda uku sun yi tasiri a kan dakatar da makamashin nukiliya:
A shekara ta 1986 an yi hadarin nukiliya a Chernobyl a ƙasar Rasha ta dā (da yanzu ake kira Ukraine), kuma a shekara ta 2011 an yi hadarin nukiliya a Fukushima a ƙasar Japan.