In effect, the Chernobyl disaster could have been perfectly avoided if the potential risks of any nuclear reactor had been taken into account and if the decisions had been made following a series of truly effective protocols. In addition this dramatic event which would mark the recent contemporary...
. It pointed out that nobody had ever been killed in a Western nuclear power station. A leader in The Times, under the title “Nuclear paranoia”, made scornful remarks about a statement by the chairman of the CND that a disaster of the Chernobyl type could occur in Britain and c...
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Chernobyl: ; 15 years after the worst nuclear accident, dangers from atomic energy still lingerHarvey Wasserman
Atomic Hope: Swimming against the tide in nuclear power debate For the general public, atomic energy is an image of Homer Simpson asleep at his workstation. It’s Chernobyl. It’s Fukushima Fri Feb 17 2023 - 04:55 Adi Roche urges UN ambassador to lead call declaring Chernobyl no-war ...
By doing so, he unwittingly initiated an explosion whose effects continue to be felt throughout the world. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, it is appropriate to understand what went wrong and what has been done to prevent it from happening again. ...
Additionally, it might be relevant to compare DMFT/dmft-values in children that have inhabited the affected regions shortly before the Chernobyl disaster with the actual data. However, the search for suitable sources, concerning the caries prevalence prior to nuclear accident was, however, not ...
The distinction here is between a novel set on a historically important day (e.g., Christa Wolf’s Accident, which takes place on the day of the Chernobyl nuclear accident) and one set on a day full of personal events (think of Carson McCuller’s The Member of the Wedding). The value...
Similarly to Chernobyl, nuclear meltdowns and radiation leakage arose. The Fukushima disaster also caused the release of contaminated material into the ocean as a direct consequence of the flooding; a portion of the contaminated seawater was later recycled into the environment [133,135]. In both ...
(Supplementary Table4). Discharges and emissions are carried out under permits issued by national authorities and must comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) safety standards for the radiation protection of the public and the environment (i.e., any public exposure from normal...