Tag Archives: Ukraine

Chernobyl-area land deemed safe for new agriculture via Nuclear Newswire

Posted on 2024/09/26 by nfield

Tue, Sep 24, 2024 More than 80 percent of the territory that has been surveyed around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant “can be returned to agricultural production,” said Valery Kashparov, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Agricultural Radiology (UIAR) of the National University … Continue reading →

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UK ignites new depleted uranium weapons debate via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/04/16 by nfield

Linda Pentz Gunter and Maria Arvaniti Sotiroupoul On March 21, 2023 Britain confirmed that it was sending depleted uranium (DU) weapons to Ukraine , prompting a response from Russian president, Vladimir Putin, that, “If all this happens, Russia will have to respond accordingly, given that the … Continue reading →

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What is the uranium-based ammunition the UK is sending to Ukraine? via PBS News Hour

Posted on 2023/03/25 by nfield

By Tara Copp, Associated Press […] Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. The rounds retain some radioactive properties, but they can’t generate a nuclear reaction like a nuclear weapon would, RAND … Continue reading →

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Britain defends supplying Ukraine with weapons containing depleted uranium via the New York Times

Posted on 2023/03/25 by nfield

Britain on Wednesday defended its decision to supply Ukraine with weapons made with depleted uranium, a day after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia falsely claimed the material had a “nuclear component.” Britain’s government has confirmed that it would provide … Continue reading →

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Disconnected via Aljazeera

Posted on 2023/03/11 by nfield

After another blackout at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has appealed for a protection zone, saying he was “astonished by the complacency” of the organisation he leads, the International … Continue reading →

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How Ukraine war has affected work in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone via RTÉ

Posted on 2023/02/24 by nfield

Analysis: the area is ideal for researchers studying the long-term ecological effects of a nuclear disaster, but war has made it inaccessible By Alexandre de Menezes, University of Galway and Olena Pareniuk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine There is a renewed threat of nuclear … Continue reading →

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Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant via Reader Supported News (NPR)

Posted on 2022/12/13 by nfield

Julian Hayda 13 december 22 Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor. After years of atomic energy powering big Russian cities … Continue reading →

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EXPLAINER: Power cuts raise risk at Ukraine nuclear plant via ABC News

Posted on 2022/10/14 by nfield

ByFRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN — A Ukrainian nuclear power plant that has been surrounded by Russian forces lost power Wednesday morning when a Russian missile damaged a distant electrical substation, increasing the risk of radiation disaster, according to the plant’s … Continue reading →

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Trespassing in the deadliest place on earth via The New European

Posted on 2022/07/14 by nfield

By Charlie Connelly 30 JUNE 2022 12:00 AM They took all the kettles. That was weird. What was even weirder was thatthey left behind all the base plates needed to make the kettles work. One of the most alarming aspects … Continue reading →

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Westinghouse lands in Ukraine to ink new nuclear deal via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/06/21 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter By Linda Pentz Gunter You might think that being in the middle of a war, the last thing you would be contemplating is building more nuclear power plants. But that hasn’t stopped Energoatom, the Ukrainian state … Continue reading →

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