Tag Archives: Russia/Ukraine/Chernobyl

In Ukraine, a radioactive nuclear ghost town near Chernobyl is a hot destination via The Washington Post

Posted on 2017/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] This base in Pervomaysk, Ukraine — about a four-hour drive from Kiev — once had 86 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of destroying cities in Europe and the United States. Though the nuclear warheads have been removed, the command silo … Continue reading →

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Belarus’ nuclear power plant to become operational by 2020 via Xinhua.net

Posted on 2017/07/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

MINSK, July 24 (Xinhua) — The Belarusian nuclear power plant will be fully put into operation in the summer of 2020, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said on Monday. While meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Likhachev said Russia‘s State Atomic … Continue reading →

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MISO AND THE ART OF NUCLEAR TRAUMA via Pacific Standard

Posted on 2017/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Ukrainian artist Miso captures the Chernobyl tragedy in millions of pinholes—creating maps of trauma that feel at once fragile and powerful, ephemeral and enduring. […] Pinchuk, or Miso, as she is also known, works out of a studio in … Continue reading →

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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog to Open Uranium Bank That May Have No Clients via U.S.News

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.N. global nuclear watchdog is about to open a uranium bank in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan, but it may never have any customers.  The raw material used to make nuclear fuel and atomic bombs will be stored … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor slated for billion-pound solar park despite radiation fears via Independent

Posted on 2017/07/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986 Ukraine is in talks with one of France’s biggest energybusinesses to construct a £969m solar facility at the derelict Chernobyl nuclear reactor plant and its surrounding area. Ostap Semerak, … Continue reading →

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Russian war monument turns out to be radioactive via BBC News

Posted on 2017/07/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Soviet-era anti-aircraft gun in a public park in Russia’s far north has been leaking radiation over 150 times the safe level, it seems. It only came to light recently, although the Second World War monument has been on public … Continue reading →

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Half life: Polish photographer documents aftermath of Chernobyl and Fukushima via The Calvert Journal

Posted on 2017/07/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new photobook by Polish filmmaker and photographer Arkadiusz Podniesiński is being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, to be published in October 2017. The book, entitled Half Life: From Chernobyl To Fukushima, will be the end product of a nine-year journey by Podniesiński into the … Continue reading →

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Uganda Could Become The First African Country To Develop Nuclear Power via Konbini

Posted on 2017/06/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Like there’s not enough wrong in Africa right now, Uganda has signed a deal with Russia to develop uranium into nuclear power for peaceful purposes. Not to mention that it’s really suspicious that Russia seems intent on handing nuclear power to anyone and everyone who will … Continue reading →

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Damaged fuel rods soon to be extracted from Lepse nuclear service vessel via Bellona

Posted on 2017/06/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Officials in Northwest Russia have said they will soon begin removing hundreds of nuclear fuel assemblies, some of them damaged, from what was the country’s most radioactive nuclear fuel storage ship, the Lepse. Officials in Northwest Russia have said they … Continue reading →

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Plans take shape for lifting dumped nuclear sub via Barents Observer

Posted on 2017/06/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

K-27 was dumped east of Novaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic in 1982. Department of research and development of radiation safety at Krylov State Research Institute in St. Petersburg says lifting the old nuclear submarine can take place in 2022, … Continue reading →

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