Tag Archives: Chernobyl

Three decades on, German mushrooms still show imprint of Chernobyl via Reuters

Posted on 2021/10/08 by nfield

By Zuzanna Szymanska and Thomas Escritt BERLIN, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Around 95% of wild mushroom samples collected in Germany in the last six years still showed radioactive contamination from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, albeit not above legal limits, the German food … Continue reading →

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Refusing to learn the lessons from Chernobyl, Poland embarks on a rash nuclear power program via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/09/20 by nfield

By Beata Cymerman […] The Chernobyl disaster in Poland The government of Poland didn’t immediately release an official statement regarding the catastrophe. Poland was a satellite state of the Soviet Union. After the day of the explosion, April 26, no … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl’s Blown Up Reactor 4 Just Woke Up via History of Yesterday

Posted on 2021/09/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Scientists don’t understand why… Andrei Tapalaga […] “Chernobyl will never be a problem” Underneath reactor 4 there is still nuclear fuel that is active and which will take around 20,000 years for it to deplete. The uranium is too radioactive for … Continue reading →

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“The Great Chernobyl Acceleration” by Prof. Kate Brown (MIT)via Nacionalinė dailės galerija

Posted on 2021/06/18 by nfield
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Chernobyl’s nuclear fuel is ‘smoldering’ again and could explode via Live Science

Posted on 2021/05/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Brandon Specktor – Senior Writer  Nuclear reactions are smoldering again in an inaccessible basement of the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, according to news reports. Researchers monitoring the plant — which infamously exploded in a deadly 1986 meltdown — have detected a … Continue reading →

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‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl via Science

Posted on 2021/05/12 by nfield

By Richard StoneMay. 5, 2021 , 11:20 AM Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world’s worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. … Continue reading →

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‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl via Science

Posted on 2021/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Richard Stone Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world’s worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. “It’s like the embers in … Continue reading →

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Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?　via Al Jazeera

Posted on 2021/04/30 by nfield

Thirty-five years after the disaster, the nuclear industry is Ukraine’s most reliable economic lifeline. But critics say it faces a perennial crisis caused by corruption, safety problems and politicised decision-making. By Mansur Mirovalev26 Apr 2021 Kyiv, Ukraine – The radioactive cloud that … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl captures imaginations, brings underground tourism 35 years after nuclear disaster via abc news

Posted on 2021/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nature has rebounded and it is now a home for rare species that had vanished. ByYulia Drozd KYIV — For the guide who sneaks people into the Chernobyl “Exclusion Zone,” the crucial moment is when you cross over the barbed … Continue reading →

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Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl via AP

Posted on 2021/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By YURAS KARMANAU KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that unfolded exactly 35 years ago.  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Chernobyl together with … Continue reading →

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