Core catcher

Core catcher - safety device in a nuclear reactor to contain the core in case of a meltdown. Article “Core catcher” in English Wikipedia has 28.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Core catcher”, its content was written by 24 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 121 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 22 times in English Wikipedia and cited 92 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #269923 in November 2018
• Global: #60179 in March 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #234678 in July 2019
• Global: #13483 in March 2011

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		35.9574
2	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		28.7622
3	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		28.5686
4	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		28.5618
5	English (en) Core catcher		28.5048
6	German (de) Core-Catcher		26.085
7	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		25.5414
8	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		23.2326
9	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		22.5303

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Core catcher" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Core-Catcher		324 513
2	English (en) Core catcher		173 689
3	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		85 527
4	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		78 102
5	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		13 571
6	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		3 521
7	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		966
8	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		922
9	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		361

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Core catcher" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Core catcher		1 379
2	German (de) Core-Catcher		734
3	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		712
4	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		180
5	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		116
6	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		102
7	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		24
8	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		18
9	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Core catcher" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Core-Catcher		43
2	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		33
3	English (en) Core catcher		24
4	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		12
5	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		2
6	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		2
7	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		2
8	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		2
9	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Core catcher" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		0
2	German (de) Core-Catcher		0
3	English (en) Core catcher		0
4	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		0
5	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		0
7	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		0
9	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Core catcher" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Core catcher		22
2	German (de) Core-Catcher		20
3	French (fr) Récupérateur de corium		20
4	Russian (ru) Ловушка расплава		18
5	Japanese (ja) コアキャッチャー		5
6	Ukrainian (uk) Пастка розплаву		4
7	Chinese (zh) 堆芯捕捉器		2
8	Portuguese (pt) Recuperador de corium		1
9	Arabic (ar) الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الماسك الأساسي للمفاعل النووي
de	German Core-Catcher
en	English Core catcher
fr	French Récupérateur de corium
ja	Japanese コアキャッチャー
pt	Portuguese Recuperador de corium
ru	Russian Ловушка расплава
uk	Ukrainian Пастка розплаву
zh	Chinese 堆芯捕捉器

Best Rank

English: #234678 07.2019

Global: #13483 03.2011

Best Rank

English: #269923 11.2018

Global: #60179 03.2011

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