Chernobyl radiation shield is in trouble
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A Russian missile exploded at a military base, sending plumes of purple smoke skywards, according to local residents. It is believed that the explosion was caused by an unsuccessful missile launch, which disintegrated shortly after it was fired.
Thanks to shows like Chernobyl, most people know that exposure to nuclear radiation is bad for you, but what is it actually doing to your body?
On that day, a combination of malfunctions and human error unleashed radioactive gases into the environment around the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in ...
Cooling towers of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station near the city of Energodar, southeastern Ukraine. Photo by Ihor Bondarenko via Shutterstock. Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters Serhii Plokhy W.W. Norton & Company (2022) As shells ...
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, pronounces the Vienna conference a success Friday. (Associated Press) The IAEA chief declared a nuclear safety conference prompted by Japan's nuclear disaster a success Friday, but ...