by Nis Frome | Sep 13, 2015 | Chernobyl in the News
Ukraine’s political and economic meltdown could spell doom – or at least delay – for a containment dome being built over Chernobyl. Construction of the coated steel, climate-controlled sarcophagus was begun in 2010 to cover the site of the infamous...
by Nis Frome | Sep 13, 2015 | Chernobyl in the News
Former power plant and neighbouring city of Pripyat are slowly becoming hidden from view by Red Forest Ukrainian government evacuated 350,000 residents from Chernobyl and Pripyat following 1986 disaster Read...
by Nis Frome | Sep 13, 2015 | Chernobyl in the News
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2012) — A 20-year study following 110,645 workers who helped clean up after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the former Soviet territory of Ukraine shows that the workers share a significant increased risk of developing...
by Nis Frome | Sep 13, 2015 | Chernobyl in the News
TOKYO — Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year’s nuclear disaster have accumulated on the seafloor and could contaminate sea life for decades, according to new research. view...
by Nis Frome | Sep 13, 2015 | Chernobyl in the News
Maria arrived in Belarus today to visit children living in areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and to see for herself the work of a number of UNDP youth-focused projects that her Foundation has helped fund. As soon as she landed, Sharapova went to...
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