Who suffered because of perestroika? Who was responsible for the Ukrainian Great Famine? Who was affected by glasnost? Who was to blame for the Aberfan disaster? Who was involved in the Oka Crisis? Who was in the Hindenburg disaster?
Why wasn't it prevented? Who's responsible? A new HBO miniseries, Chernobyl, dramatizes the disaster, aiming to answer those questions when the show premieres on May 6. But since this is a fictional TV show, the creators will probably take some artistic license (fair). ...
A2011 studyby the U.S. National Institutes of Health concluded that exposure to radioactive iodine-131 from Chernobyl fallout was likely responsible for thyroid cancers that were still being reported among people who were children or adolescents at the time of the accident. Patrick Landmann/Getty ...
Chernobyl, 1986—The ChernobylNuclear Power Plantin Ukraine exploded and the resulting fire released large quantities ofradioactive particlesinto the atmosphere. The explosion killed 31 people and longer term effects, like cancer, are predicted to be responsible for around 4000 further deaths. A design...
Oleg was exposed to extreme levels of radiation. This was his third thyroid operation. Dima’s mother claims that Chernobyl’s nuclear fallout is responsible for her son’s cancer, but Belarusian officials are often instructed to downplay the severity of the radiation. [Min...
aWill man’s changing perceptions of who is responsible or to blame for disasters, have any psychological consequences? In all likelihood it will. The striking difference in response between a new technological threat and a permanent but natural threat is offered by ionising radiation. In the ...
What was Chernobyl like before the accident? What caused the Chernobyl accident? What reactor blew up in Chernobyl? What went wrong at Chernobyl? What was Chernobyl built for? What was in the Chernobyl reactor? What happened to those responsible for Chernobyl? What happened to Chernobyl's victim...
“Fifty thousand people used to live in this city. Now it’s a ghost town…” -Captain MacMillan The Chernobyl accident is widely regarded as the worst nuclear accident in history and for good reason. It is responsible for the displacement of 350,000 people and is one of two nuclear melt...
"That's all I'm going to say for now, because I want to preserve the optionality here from the negotiators and our respective teams to bring this thing to a responsible close." Speaking on the meeting, Zelenskyy said: " We had good conversat...
Chernobyl was not really prepared for the future and had not response plan for the people of the Ukraine when it came down to it. The Chernobyl reactor was not housed in a containment structure. High incidences of certain types of cancer is the chief complaint from nuclear radiation and some...