Earlier this week, we noted that Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy agency had taken baby steps toward recognizing the dangers posed by an aging nuclear storage facility in Chelyabinsk, a town located on Russia’s southern border with Kazakhstan, when it officially acknowledged the extraordinary high levels of radiation in the area….
Wild animals from the Chernobyl region are migrating to Northern Europe and bringing their radiation with them. Wild boar have recently been killed in Sweden with ten times the safe radiation level. Radiation Levels Spike Amid Wildfire In Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone “Hunters won’t shoot the animals,” Calluna environmental consultant…
Video: The Radioactive Puppies Of Chernobyl, Dare You Not To Watch.
Image by AwOiSoAk KaOsIoWa A wildfire broke out near the entombed Chernobyl reactor Thursday, endangered a nuclear waste storage site in the exclusion zone, and spiked radiation levels to 2.5 times the average level. “According to a radiation survey data, radiation levels measured in the wildfire area at 19:00 on…
As fighting rages in Donetsk between government troops and pro-Russian rebels, a chemical nightmare awaits release. Stored in tanks of industrial sites in the Donbass region are large amounts of Chlorine gas, used in production processes and water treatment. Over 5,000 industrial facilities exist in Donbass, mostly controlled by rebel…