Military

What Surgical Errors Teach Us About Nuclear Policy

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jan 19, 2024 In the persistence of disastrous medical mistakes, an ER doctor sees a dire warning about human fallibility. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

A Slow-Rolling Disaster in Fracking Country

Justin Nobel / Truthdig Dec 7, 2023 Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Trump Plan to Roll Back Nuclear Inspections Raises Alarm

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jul 17, 2019 Democrats in the House Appropriations Committee voice concern that the administration is "cutting corners" on "critical safety measures." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Echoes of Flint in ‘Chernobyl’

Noor Al-Sibai / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chernobyl’s Legacy Still Threatens Hundreds Thousands of Lives

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Mar 2, 2019 More than 30 years after it exploded, the nuclear disaster site still casts a baleful shadow over many. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Cripples Nuclear Safety Board

Rebecca Moss / ProPublica 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. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

New Cyberattack Wallops Europe; Spreads More Slowly in U.S.

By Raphael Satter and Frank Bajak, Associated Press Jun 28, 2017 Ukraine and Russia appear hardest hit by the ransomware, with Poland, Italy and Germany following in order of countries most affected. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Solar Power to Rise From Nuclear Ashes

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

30 Ways Chernobyl and Dying Nuke Industry Threaten Our Survival

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Apr 26, 2016 April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Inside Chernobyl: A Legacy of Ruin

Robert Scheer / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Despite Chernobyl, Belarus Goes Nuclear

By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Apr 25, 2016 Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, one of its neighbors is close to completing its own nuclear power station. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

European Canal Plan Raises the Specter of Chernobyl

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 1, 2015 A project to link the Baltic to the Black Sea with a 2,000-kilometer trans-Europe waterway risks disturbing radioactive debris from the 1986 nuclear-plant disaster in Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )