How Violence in Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear Disaster
Mar 21, 2015 One big problem with the recent calls for a Western military role in the Ukraine conflict is the Chernobyl reactor, whose core exploded in 1986 and must be watched forever. The old sarcophagus that contains it must be replaced next year and cannot wait out a war.One big problem with the calls for a Western military role in the Ukraine conflict is the Chernobyl reactor. The sarcophagus that holds it must be replaced soon and cannot wait out a war.Video Postcard Shows Ghostly Chernobyl Disaster City
Nov 29, 2014 Footage taken from a drone shows the eerie ruins of the abandoned Ukrainian city of Pripyat, the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
The Nuclear Omnicide
Apr 1, 2014 We've always been worried about the safety of humans, but new evidence shows that nuclear disasters, from Three Mile Island to Fukushima, have put the whole global ecosystem at risk.
The Nuke Ship Sinking
Aug 23, 2011
Japan’s Nuclear ‘Safety Myth’
Jun 25, 2011 In the midst of a strong international reaction to the disaster at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the broad, historical and unquestioning acceptance of atomic power in the only nation to have been attacked by nuclear weapons is eerie. (more)
Ukraine Wants to Store N-Waste Near Water Supply
Apr 30, 2011 Ukrainian authorities have made plans to store a portion of the country's nuclear waste at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, near the region's major water supply. (more)Power Shift vs. The Powers That Be
Apr 20, 2011 More than 10,000 people converged in Washington, D.C., this past week to discuss, organize, mobilize and protest around the issue of climate change.
Fukushima Gets Upgraded to Chernobyl-Level Emergency
Apr 12, 2011 Japanese officials have revised the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to level 7, making it the second such disaster in history, the only one since the Chernobyl meltdown. It had previously been described as being on the scale of Three Mile Island, a smaller event.
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Mar 16, 2011 An important lesson that should be reinforced by the ongoing disaster in Japan is to worry more about the elimination of those nuclear weapons designed to explode, and another is to be concerned about the prospect of sabotage of nuclear power plants. Sorry, Mr. President, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.
Chernobyl Expert Says Greed May Lead to Big Trouble in Japan
Mar 16, 2011 Corporate interests might have played a big part in the design and maintenance of Japan's nuclear complex at Fukushima, according to Russian nuclear accident expert Iouli Andreev, who knows a thing or two from Chernobyl's example .
