Tag Archives: Ukraine

What nuclear energy has to do with nuclear war via Newsroom

Posted on 2022/03/14 by nfield

DR KARLY BURCH Dr Karly Burch is a Research Fellow from the Centre for Sustainability at the University of Otago. Branding initiatives have successfully separated nuclear weapons as ‘bad’ and nuclear energy as ‘good’, and it is impacting our abilities to … Continue reading →

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Ukraine sees risk of radiation leak at Chernobyl, IAEA sees ‘no critical impact’ on safety via Reuters

Posted on 2022/03/09 by nfield

[…] State-run nuclear company Energoatom said a high-voltage power line had been damaged during fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian forces who are occupying the defunct plant, and that it had been cut off from the national power grid. read more … Continue reading →

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Rosatom’s woes before and beyond the war: implications of Russia’s embattled nuclear industry via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2022/03/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Editor’s note: In this article, Pinar Demircan examines the present Russian occupation of Ukraine as one that signifies the dead end of capitalism. The author argues that foreign dependency has made even the Russian nuclear industry giant Rosatom aggressive and vulnerable … Continue reading →

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Extending nuclear plants’ runtime not advisable, German govt concludes via Clean Energy Wire

Posted on 2022/03/08 by nfield

Germany’s government has concluded that prolonging the runtime of its remaining nuclear power plants is not advisable even in the current energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion on Ukraine. “Following a cost-benefit analysis, a longer runtime for the three … Continue reading →

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A Ukrainian nuclear plant survived Russian attack. But it raises security concerns over reactors in war zones, analyst says. via The World

Posted on 2022/03/07 by nfield

March 4, 2022 · 3:45 PM EST By Joshua Coe Atomic safety experts said a war fought amid nuclear reactors represents an unprecedented and highly dangerous situation. To get a better understanding of the risks at nuclear power plants in war … Continue reading →

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Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment via The Conversation

Posted on 2022/03/06 by nfield

By Timothy A. Mousseau […] On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor number four melted down as a result of human error, releasing vast quantities of radioactive particles and gases into the surrounding landscape – 400 times more radioactivity to the environment than the … Continue reading →

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The vulnerability of nuclear plants during military conflict:Lessons from Fukushima Daiichi Focus on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine via Greenpeace International

Posted on 2022/03/03 by nfield

2 March 2022 Briefing -Greenpeace International by Jan Vande Putte (radiation protection advisor & nuclear campaigner for Greenpeace East Asia & Greenpeace Belgium) and Shaun Burnie (senior nuclear specialist, Greenpeace East Asia) […] Nuclear power plants are some of the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Hotseat #558: SPECIAL: NUCLEAR UKRAINE IN A RUSSIAN WAR ZONE – Gundersen, Grossman, Kraft

Posted on 2022/03/03 by nfield

LISTEN HERE: Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Podcast: Download Nuclear Ukraine in a Russian War Zone – There are more ways to trigger a nuclear catastrophe i  Ukraine than mainstream media is currently reporting.  For this Nuclear … Continue reading →

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In the Line of Eternal Fire: Ukraine’s Nuclear Reactors via Counterpunch

Posted on 2022/02/06 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter As Craig Hooper so chillingly warned us in his December 28, 2021 article for Forbes, a Russian invasion of Ukraine, “could put nuclear reactors on the front line of military conflict.” The result, he said, depending on the tactics … 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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