Today is the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
It is not over. Chernobyl spread radioactive particles across Europe and beyond. The fire in reactor #4 burned for over a month, releasing massive amounts of radionuclides which then would fallout and embed into the #ecosystem.
37 years later we still find food contaminated with Chernobyl fallout every year. Often with cesium-137 which is very adept at transporting in an ecosystem once the particle has deposited from the fallout cloud.
Ein erstes Zwischenfazit nach 5 Episoden #3BodyProblem, die angeblich bisher teuerste Produktion von #Netflix und Verfilmung meiner Lieblings-SF Bücher:
Ich glaube Benioff/Weiss/Woo haben einige sehr kluge Entscheidungen getroffen. Die Zeitlinie im China der Kulturrevolution setzen sie fast buchstabengenau um, das war für mich immer der spirituelle Kern der Bücher. Dass der Cast danach westlicher ist als in den Büchern sein wird war bekannt, aber er ist immer noch angenehm divers.
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Fazit nach Ende S01 von #3BodyProblem : Tolle Adaption des nicht einfachen Stoffes. So zum Vergleich - wir sind hier nicht auf dem Niveau von #Chernobyl (wer schafft das aber schon) durchaus aber von #TheLastOfUs.
Und in der Handlung geht es ja dann erst richtig los, das war bisher alles nur Setup.
Liefern müssen sie dann bei Space-Szenen: da kann nur #TheExpanse der Maßstab sein.
Wenn sie nur die Game-Sequenzen besser hinbekommen hätten - vielleicht hätte eine dringlichere Tonspur geholfen.
Human "bio-robots" had to make homemade lead lined suits to then spend 40 seconds to 2 minutes on the roof of reactor #3 shoveling bits of the reactor core into the hole where reactor #4 used to be. 3,500 people did this task.
"The nuclear accident in Chernobyl in 1986 led to the spread of radioactivity across Sweden and Europe. In a long-term study now published in Environmental Epidemiology, researchers have used new, more specific calculation methods to show the connection between radiation dose and certain types of cancer."
I fear that tomorrow or Thursday we will witness the largest #nuclear disaster the world has ever seen.
The #Kremlin has repeated today that it expects that #Ukraine will blow up the #Zaporizhzhia#npp. That is of course Russia-speak for the fact that they are planning to do this themselves and blame Ukraine.
When the enormous disaster at #Chernobyl happened, it involved only one reactor. The nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia has six reactors. If #Russia decides to blow up all six, it would be one of the biggest disasters the world has ever seen.
I truly hope that I am wrong and there are reasons for Russia not to do this. Mainly that the #fallout would spread to Russia itself (as well as the occupied Ukrainian territories that it has now illegally annexed), it would expose Russian soldiers to radiation poisoning and it would serve little tactical purpose.
But this is Russia. They have consistently done things during this war that made little sense, from starting the invasion in the first place to blowing up the dam at Nova Kakhovna, which left #Crimea without its main source of drinking water. So, blowing up the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine is not at all unthinkable, especially now that Russia is losing this war.
The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.
The Kyshtym Disaster, one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, occurred on September 29, 1957, at the Mayak Production Association, a nuclear fuel repr...
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The Elephant’s Foot would have killed anyone within a couple of minutes.
by David Goldenberg January 24, 2016 Updated: August 10, 2022
"... This picture first came to America in the late 1990s, after the newly independent Ukrainian government took over the plant and set up the Chornobyl Center for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology (spelling often gets changed as words go from Russian to English). Soon after, the center invited other governments to collaborate on nuclear safety projects. The U.S. Department of Energy tapped the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)—a bustling science center up in Richland, Washington—to help..."
Slavutych, Chernobyl NPP, development of areas near Chernobyl.
"Held a meeting on all aspects: transport, energy, jobs and, of course, security issues. We must do everything to ensure the normality of life for all our people. Thanks to everyone who works for this!"
The terrible night of April 25-26, 1986: the world remembers the terrible tragedy of Chernobyl and honors the memory of the victims of the world's largest man-made disaster
Today is the anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in peacetime. This day has become a symbol of extraordinary human strength, the inexhaustible courage of those who risked their lives to protect others. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Chernobyl
Ukraine and Germany intend to build wind farm around Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (www.pravda.com.ua)
Ukraine and Germany have signed a declaration of intent to build a wind farm around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
About Kyshtym Disaster - predecessor of Chernobyl (www.youtube.com)
The Kyshtym Disaster, one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, occurred on September 29, 1957, at the Mayak Production Association, a nuclear fuel repr...