Chernobyl

Just like the Soviet Union during the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, from the earliest days of the pandemic when the virus emerged in Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has engaged in a concerted campaign to pile lies on top of lies about the virus and its origins.   Read Full Article…

Casting director Robert Sterne offers commentary on the “very special” Emma Corrin and “transformative” Gillian Anderson HBO There are shows that cast with a healthy sense of acting rotation in mind, and then there is “The Crown." In other words, people have been conditioned to not get too attached to…

When one of the largest modern earthquakes struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the nuclear reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi automatically shut down, as designed. The emergency systems, which would have helped maintain the necessary cooling of the core, were destroyed by the subsequent tsunami. Because the reactor could no longer cool…

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Lack of transgenerational effects of ionizing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl accident By Meredith Yeager, Mitchell J. Machiela, Prachi Kothiyal, Michael Dean, Clara Bodelon, Shalabh Suman, Mingyi Wang, Lisa Mirabello, Chase W. Nelson, Weiyin Zhou, Cameron Palmer, Bari Ballew, Leandro M. Colli, Neal D. Freedman, Casey Dagnall, Amy Hutchinson, Vibha…

SummaryThirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world's worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. Sensors are tracking a rising number of neutrons, a signal of fission, streaming from one inaccessible room.…

“Chernobyl” producer Sister is adapting the hit Audible original podcast “West Cork” for TV. Created by Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde, “West Cork” is an investigation into the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Du Plantier, a French film producer, was found near her holiday home around the West…

Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of lifeVodka made from radioactive apples grown near Chernobyl has been seized by Ukrainian officials. The brand, called Atomik, includes ingredients from the nuclear power plant’s still-radioactive exclusion zone. However, UK drinkers have been denied the chance to consume the heady…

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said the Department of Mineral Resources did not receive any budget complaints regarding the extension of Koeberg power station's life. He was replying to questions from members of Parliament in the National Council of Provinces. Mantashe said Eskom will provide the budget for the…

KYIV (Reuters) - Scientists have recorded a rise in nuclear activity in the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine since it was covered over in 2017, but the rise has levelled off and does not exceed safety standards, staff said on Wednesday. Staff at the plant…