#HBO doc ‘Chernobyl’ exposes lies told by Soviet government

#HBO doc ‘Chernobyl’ exposes lies told by Soviet government

“HBO doc ‘Chernobyl’ exposes lies told by Soviet government” It was the fall of 1986, some six months after the catastrophic Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion, and a group of soldiers suited up to enter the radiation-riddled site. Their task: Clean hundreds of tons of expelled, highly radioactive, nuclear fuel from rooftops near the reactor….

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#German mushrooms still contaminated by Chernobyl radiation

#German mushrooms still contaminated by Chernobyl radiation

“#German mushrooms still contaminated by Chernobyl radiation” Around 95% of wild mushroom samples collected in Germany in the last six years still showed radioactive contamination from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, albeit not above legal limits, the German food safety regulator said on Friday. Elevated concentrations of caesium-137 and caesium-134 isotopes bearing the characteristic signature of the Chernobyl blast were found especially in southern Germany,…

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#On the Particular Devastation of the ‘Chernobyl’ Premiere

#On the Particular Devastation of the ‘Chernobyl’ Premiere

“#On the Particular Devastation of the ‘Chernobyl’ Premiere” This essay is part of our series Episodes, a column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. This entry revisits the first episode (“1:23:45”) of HBO’s limited series Chernobyl. History is, more often than not, a horrorshow. Some…

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#35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires

#35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires

“#35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires” KYIV, Ukraine — The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. Reactor No….

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#Boston Dynamics robo-dog sniffs out radiation in Ukraine’s Chernobyl

#Boston Dynamics robo-dog sniffs out radiation in Ukraine’s Chernobyl

“#Boston Dynamics robo-dog sniffs out radiation in Ukraine’s Chernobyl” Boston Dynamics four-legged robotic dog known as “Spot” explored on October 22 the area around Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. Scientists from the University of Bristol brought robotic platforms, including Spot, to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to…

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