Here's a worrying write up of a seemingly inevitable problem:
https://orientalreview.org/2017/10/16/g ... n-ukraine/
Get Ready for a New Chernobyl in Ukraine
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Re: Get Ready for a New Chernobyl in Ukraine
No surprises there then. Having a big brain does not confer intelligence upon a species.clv101 wrote:Here's a worrying write up of a seemingly inevitable problem:
https://orientalreview.org/2017/10/16/g ... n-ukraine/
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Seems there was recently some kind of nuclear accident and release of radioactivity, though not thought to be directly linked at a reactor.
Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe
French institute says pollution suggests release of nuclear material in Russia or Kazakhstan in September
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ver-europe
Nuclear accident sends 'harmless' radioactive cloud over Europe
French institute says pollution suggests release of nuclear material in Russia or Kazakhstan in September
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ver-europe
A little update on the recent accident, but still no formal identification:
Russian nuclear facility denies it is source of high radioactivity levels
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... dent-claim
Russian nuclear facility denies it is source of high radioactivity levels
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... dent-claim
New finding: nuke blast crippled Chernobyl
https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/new- ... -chernobyl
and more detailed analysis
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10. ... 17.1384269
https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/new- ... -chernobyl
and more detailed analysis
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10. ... 17.1384269
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Re: Get Ready for a New Chernobyl in Ukraine
The old one hasn't gone away yet so it would seem.
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