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A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country
Dec 7, 2023 Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water.
Trump Plan to Roll Back Nuclear Inspections Raises Alarm
Jul 17, 2019 Democrats in the House Appropriations Committee voice concern that the administration is "cutting corners" on "critical safety measures."
Echoes of Flint in ‘Chernobyl’
Jun 14, 2019 The HBO miniseries may remind viewers of Trump’s ineptitude, but it should evoke a public health crisis that began under his predecessor.
Chernobyl’s Legacy Still Threatens Hundreds Thousands of Lives
Mar 2, 2019 More than 30 years after it exploded, the nuclear disaster site still casts a baleful shadow over many.
Trump Administration Cripples Nuclear Safety Board
Jul 24, 2018 Under a new order from the Energy Department, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. In the past, the board has brought serious problems at those labs to light.
New Cyberattack Wallops Europe; Spreads More Slowly in U.S.
Jun 28, 2017 Ukraine and Russia appear hardest hit by the ransomware, with Poland, Italy and Germany following in order of countries most affected.
Solar Power to Rise From Nuclear Ashes
Jan 12, 2017 Chinese companies plan to spend $1 billion over the next two years building a giant solar farm on land contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
30 Ways Chernobyl and Dying Nuke Industry Threaten Our Survival
Apr 26, 2016 April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Inside Chernobyl: A Legacy of Ruin
Apr 26, 2016 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the first American journalist to enter the surviving power plant in the former Soviet Union On the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster, he recounts his experience in a Los Angeles Times column first published on April 9, 1987 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the first American journalist to enter the surviving power plant in the former Soviet Union.
Despite Chernobyl, Belarus Goes Nuclear
Apr 25, 2016 Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, one of its neighbors is close to completing its own nuclear power station.
