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  1. On April 26 1986, Chernobyl nuclear reactor #4 exploded. 40 years later, the event is still one of the most distinctive events of its time. Here is a piece, I wrote on one of the medallions given to the "Liquidators" who helped clean up after the accident: coinofnote.com/1986-ukraine-ch

    While writing this post I discovered the #ChornobylNotChernobyl hashtag from which I learnt "Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) is the correct Ukrainian spelling and transliteration, which is increasingly adopted to reflect Ukrainian identity and decolonize place names. Chernobyl (Чернобыль) is the Russian spelling, which was standard internationally during the Soviet era and remains common in Western media."
    reddit.com/r/chernobyl/comment(default,Russians%20nor%20Ukrainians%20existed%20then.

    #Numismatics #Medallion #Chernobyl #chernobyl40thanniversary #Nuclear #NuclearAccident #History #Histodons #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory @numismatics @histodons

  2. 🇬🇧 What do you think was the next biggest nuclear disaster besides Fukushima & Chernobyl?

    🇩🇪 Was denkst du war die nächstgrößte nukleare Katastrophe neben Fukushima und Tschernobyl?

    .../4

    #NuclearDisaster #Atomkatastrophe #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #Radioactive #AtomicEnergy #Strahlenunfall #Radioaktivität #NuklearUnfall #Atomunfall

  3. 🇬🇧 What do you think was the next biggest nuclear disaster besides Fukushima & Chernobyl?

    🇩🇪 Was denkst du war die nächstgrößte nukleare Katastrophe neben Fukushima und Tschernobyl?

    .../4

    #NuclearDisaster #Atomkatastrophe #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #Radioactive #AtomicEnergy #Strahlenunfall #Radioaktivität #NuklearUnfall #Atomunfall

  4. 🇬🇧 What do you think was the next biggest nuclear disaster besides Fukushima & Chernobyl?

    🇩🇪 Was denkst du war die nächstgrößte nukleare Katastrophe neben Fukushima und Tschernobyl?

    .../4

    #NuclearDisaster #Atomkatastrophe #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #Radioactive #AtomicEnergy #Strahlenunfall #Radioaktivität #NuklearUnfall #Atomunfall

  5. 🇬🇧 What do you think was the next biggest nuclear disaster besides Fukushima & Chernobyl?

    🇩🇪 Was denkst du war die nächstgrößte nukleare Katastrophe neben Fukushima und Tschernobyl?

    .../4

    #NuclearDisaster #Atomkatastrophe #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #Radioactive #AtomicEnergy #Strahlenunfall #Radioaktivität #NuklearUnfall #Atomunfall

  6. 🇬🇧 What do you think was the next biggest nuclear disaster besides Fukushima & Chernobyl?

    🇩🇪 Was denkst du war die nächstgrößte nukleare Katastrophe neben Fukushima und Tschernobyl?

    .../4

    #NuclearDisaster #Atomkatastrophe #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #Radioactive #AtomicEnergy #Strahlenunfall #Radioaktivität #NuklearUnfall #Atomunfall

  7. The #Trump Administration exempts new #nuclear reactors from #environmental review

    Geoff Brumfiel, February 2, 20263:09 PM ET

    "The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a #NuclearAccident.

    "The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

    "The Department of Energy announced the change Monday in a notice in the Federal Register. It said the department would begin excluding advanced nuclear reactors from the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct. The act requires federal agencies to consider the environment when undertaking new projects and programs.

    "The law also requires extensive reporting on how proposed programs might impact local ecosystems. That documentation, known as an #EnvironmentalImpactStatement, and a second lesser type of analysis, known as an #EnvironmentalAssessment, provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on potential projects in their community."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-56965

    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearPlants #USPol #PublicReview #Secrecy #NuclearSafety #NuclearPollution #EnvironmentalImpact
    #NoNukesWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalLaw #TrumpAdministration #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies

  8. The #Trump Administration exempts new #nuclear reactors from #environmental review

    Geoff Brumfiel, February 2, 20263:09 PM ET

    "The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a #NuclearAccident.

    "The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

    "The Department of Energy announced the change Monday in a notice in the Federal Register. It said the department would begin excluding advanced nuclear reactors from the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct. The act requires federal agencies to consider the environment when undertaking new projects and programs.

    "The law also requires extensive reporting on how proposed programs might impact local ecosystems. That documentation, known as an #EnvironmentalImpactStatement, and a second lesser type of analysis, known as an #EnvironmentalAssessment, provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on potential projects in their community."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-56965

    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearPlants #USPol #PublicReview #Secrecy #NuclearSafety #NuclearPollution #EnvironmentalImpact
    #NoNukesWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalLaw #TrumpAdministration #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies

  9. The #Trump Administration exempts new #nuclear reactors from #environmental review

    Geoff Brumfiel, February 2, 20263:09 PM ET

    "The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a #NuclearAccident.

    "The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

    "The Department of Energy announced the change Monday in a notice in the Federal Register. It said the department would begin excluding advanced nuclear reactors from the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct. The act requires federal agencies to consider the environment when undertaking new projects and programs.

    "The law also requires extensive reporting on how proposed programs might impact local ecosystems. That documentation, known as an #EnvironmentalImpactStatement, and a second lesser type of analysis, known as an #EnvironmentalAssessment, provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on potential projects in their community."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-56965

    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearPlants #USPol #PublicReview #Secrecy #NuclearSafety #NuclearPollution #EnvironmentalImpact
    #NoNukesWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalLaw #TrumpAdministration #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies

  10. The #Trump Administration exempts new #nuclear reactors from #environmental review

    Geoff Brumfiel, February 2, 20263:09 PM ET

    "The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a #NuclearAccident.

    "The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

    "The Department of Energy announced the change Monday in a notice in the Federal Register. It said the department would begin excluding advanced nuclear reactors from the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct. The act requires federal agencies to consider the environment when undertaking new projects and programs.

    "The law also requires extensive reporting on how proposed programs might impact local ecosystems. That documentation, known as an #EnvironmentalImpactStatement, and a second lesser type of analysis, known as an #EnvironmentalAssessment, provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on potential projects in their community."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-56965

    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearPlants #USPol #PublicReview #Secrecy #NuclearSafety #NuclearPollution #EnvironmentalImpact
    #NoNukesWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalLaw #TrumpAdministration #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies

  11. The #Trump Administration exempts new #nuclear reactors from #environmental review

    Geoff Brumfiel, February 2, 20263:09 PM ET

    "The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a #NuclearAccident.

    "The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

    "The Department of Energy announced the change Monday in a notice in the Federal Register. It said the department would begin excluding advanced nuclear reactors from the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct. The act requires federal agencies to consider the environment when undertaking new projects and programs.

    "The law also requires extensive reporting on how proposed programs might impact local ecosystems. That documentation, known as an #EnvironmentalImpactStatement, and a second lesser type of analysis, known as an #EnvironmentalAssessment, provide an opportunity for the public to review and comment on potential projects in their community."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-56965

    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearPlants #USPol #PublicReview #Secrecy #NuclearSafety #NuclearPollution #EnvironmentalImpact
    #NoNukesWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalLaw #TrumpAdministration #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies

  12. @sk76

    There is a high priority nuclear target about 20 km away. Prevailing winds have Perth WA downwind of it frequently.

    We don't get iodine tablets. Or anything really about the danger.

    It's kids who need the iodine the most to reduce the amount of radioactive iodine isotopes that their growing bodies will incorporate if exposed.

    My bet is that the expiry date on those tablets would, if there is nuclear fallout present, be better completely ignored.

    #NuclearWar #NuclearAccident

  13. US agrees to $US1bn loan to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant

    Three Mile Island, once the site of America’s worst nuclear power accident, is set to start producing electricity…
    #Nuclear #ConstellationEnergy #nuclear #nuclearaccident #nuclearpower #THREEMILEISLAND #uscongress #USDepartmentofEnergy
    europesays.com/2578783/

  14. Bloomberg article (way down at the bottom) talking about a "significant airborne release" of Cesium-137 somewhere in the world (related to the radioactive shoes and sneakers, no doubt)

    "Elsewhere, however, the event was detected, if not immediately noted. Radionuclide monitoring stations more than a thousand kilometers away in Malaysia and in the remote Australian territory the Cocos Islands - part of a global network of sensors deployed by the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation - picked up traces of radiation, Indonesian officials would later be informed. A unit of the US Department of Energy would say in a preliminary assessment seen by Bloomberg News that detections by two different stations at that distance suggests “a significant airborne release” of Cesium-137.'"

    gulfnews.com/world/americas/ra

    #radioactivity #cesium137 #nuclearaccident

  15. Bloomberg article (way down at the bottom) talking about a "significant airborne release" of Cesium-137 somewhere in the world (related to the radioactive shoes and sneakers, no doubt)

    "Elsewhere, however, the event was detected, if not immediately noted. Radionuclide monitoring stations more than a thousand kilometers away in Malaysia and in the remote Australian territory the Cocos Islands - part of a global network of sensors deployed by the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation - picked up traces of radiation, Indonesian officials would later be informed. A unit of the US Department of Energy would say in a preliminary assessment seen by Bloomberg News that detections by two different stations at that distance suggests “a significant airborne release” of Cesium-137.'"

    gulfnews.com/world/americas/ra

    #radioactivity #cesium137 #nuclearaccident

  16. Bloomberg article (way down at the bottom) talking about a "significant airborne release" of Cesium-137 somewhere in the world (related to the radioactive shoes and sneakers, no doubt)

    "Elsewhere, however, the event was detected, if not immediately noted. Radionuclide monitoring stations more than a thousand kilometers away in Malaysia and in the remote Australian territory the Cocos Islands - part of a global network of sensors deployed by the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation - picked up traces of radiation, Indonesian officials would later be informed. A unit of the US Department of Energy would say in a preliminary assessment seen by Bloomberg News that detections by two different stations at that distance suggests “a significant airborne release” of Cesium-137.'"

    gulfnews.com/world/americas/ra

    #radioactivity #cesium137 #nuclearaccident

  17. Bloomberg article (way down at the bottom) talking about a "significant airborne release" of Cesium-137 somewhere in the world (related to the radioactive shoes and sneakers, no doubt)

    "Elsewhere, however, the event was detected, if not immediately noted. Radionuclide monitoring stations more than a thousand kilometers away in Malaysia and in the remote Australian territory the Cocos Islands - part of a global network of sensors deployed by the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation - picked up traces of radiation, Indonesian officials would later be informed. A unit of the US Department of Energy would say in a preliminary assessment seen by Bloomberg News that detections by two different stations at that distance suggests “a significant airborne release” of Cesium-137.'"

    gulfnews.com/world/americas/ra

    #radioactivity #cesium137 #nuclearaccident

  18. Bloomberg article (way down at the bottom) talking about a "significant airborne release" of Cesium-137 somewhere in the world (related to the radioactive shoes and sneakers, no doubt)

    "Elsewhere, however, the event was detected, if not immediately noted. Radionuclide monitoring stations more than a thousand kilometers away in Malaysia and in the remote Australian territory the Cocos Islands - part of a global network of sensors deployed by the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation - picked up traces of radiation, Indonesian officials would later be informed. A unit of the US Department of Energy would say in a preliminary assessment seen by Bloomberg News that detections by two different stations at that distance suggests “a significant airborne release” of Cesium-137.'"

    gulfnews.com/world/americas/ra

    #radioactivity #cesium137 #nuclearaccident

  19. 🐕 Bầy chó hoang có bộ lông xanh sáng kỳ lạ được phát hiện tại khu vực cấm xung quanh nhà máy điện hạt nhân Chernobyl, khiến dư luận và giới khoa học sửng sốt. Hiện tượng bí ẩn này có thể liên quan đến ô nhiễm môi trường từ thảm họa hạt nhân năm 1986.

    #Chernobyl #BlueDogs #Wildlife #Nuclear #Mystery #WildlifePhotography #ChernobylDogs #NuclearAccident #Environmental #Science #News #ChernobylWildlife #BlueFurDogs #NuclearContamination

    #chóChernobyl #chólôngxanh #độngvậthoang #thảmhọahạtnhân #k

  20. "When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe"

    I always use inorganic kitty litter for my litter box. I don't want the litter box to experience a thermal runaway reaction.

    practical.engineering/blog/202

    #CatLitter #LitterBox #NuclearAccident #cats

  21. > The passages below are excerpts from home interviews we conducted with approximately 250 TMI area residents over the years, from 1979 to 1988. Our purpose was to learn about the accident directly from the people living nearby. We were especially interested in understanding more about the unusual phenomena they had experienced.
    tmitestament.com/about/
    tmia.com/node/118
    #AileenMiokoSmith #ThreeMileIsland #NuclearAccident #MitsuruKatagiri #NuclearEnergy #OldNukes

  22. Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Tritium level in the treated water below Japan's operational limit  
    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that the tritium level in the fourth batch of diluted treated water, which Tokyo Electric...........
    #Fukushima #InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency #Japan #Nuclearaccident #Nuclearenergy #treatedwater #Tri

    scientificeuropean.co.uk/envir

  23. CW: Three Mile Island Report

    "But as the evidence accumulated, it became clear that the fundamental problems are people-related problems and not equipment problems."

    It's important to remember that the President of the USA during a national emergency needs the experience, professionalism, and wisdom to provide safe and timely responses to ensure the health of the nation and it's population!

    librivox.org/report-of-the-pre

    #ThreeMileIsland
    #NuclearAccident
    #JimmyCarter
    #PresidentCarter
    #PublicDomain

  24. Disaster Control

    NYT video about the Palomares nuclear accident over Spain in 1966.

    A US h-bomber was refueling in mid-air over Southern Spain. Both exploded and four h-bombs fell onto a small Spanish beach town (2 into the Mediterranean). This film examines health consequences to the clean up crew.

    #Palomares #ColdWar #NuclearWeapons #Spain #NuclearAccident #plutonium @histodons @nuclearhumanities #AtomicVets

  25. > There is great controversy about the proposed discharge of “ALPS-treated contaminated water” and contaminated soil generated by the decontamination process. Both of these issues show the scale of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and the complexity of the problem.
    foejapan.org/en/issue/20230310
    #FOEJapan #FukushimaDaiIichi #NuclearAccident #NuclearPollution #NuclearCatastrophe #ALPSwater #ContaminatedWater #汚染水

  26. @The_Colbobs
    '#NuclearWaste is a resource that can be utilised' - Is this a JOKE?

    Nobody's utilising it. Nobody knows what to do with it. Everybody's trying to BURY it.

    The human and environmental costs of a #NuclearAccident by faulty design/human error/act of God, are unacceptable. The #EconomicCost of building/removal is unacceptable. The #timescale of #degradation is unacceptable.

    Building something that dangerous without knowing how to deal with the known effects is madness.

  27. We are heading to a likely #nuclearaccident. Whether in #Ukraine, or #Russia, is immaterial. This is exactly how you get to one. A short 🧵 vía #telegram

  28. Modeling of a Hypothetical Major #Nuclear# Accident in #Poland from 1096 Meteorological Situations and Analysis of Transboundary Environmental Impacts for European Countries and Their #Inhabitants

    #Study by Piguet Frédéric-Paul, Eckert Pierreii, Knüsli Claudioiii, Hélder Peixotoiv, Giuliani Gregoryiv


    First Version: 2021.01.11 (PDF)
    web.archive.org/web/2021012722

    #NuclearAccident #NoNukes

  29. Third largest #nuclearAccident in history

    Lake Karachai
    1949-1951 #radioactiveWaste was dumped into the Tetscha river system.
    Unfortunately, radiation was too strong -mass radiation damage to workers and population- that from 1951 - 1953 everything was discharged into the lake. After that, containers were used.
    And then in 1957, unfortunately, one of the containers exploded. 400 Peta Bq were spread over an area of about 20,000 km².

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_

    #nuclearpowerplant #énergienucléaire

  30. Children of Chernobyl cleanup crew don’t have excess mutations - Enlarge / Trees grow near a former hospital in a town abandoned due to the Cherno... - arstechnica.com/?p=1759928 #nuclearaccident #chernobyl #radiation #science #biology

  31. The world's sweetest peach costs $7,000. So is it worth the price tag? Koji's prize peaches are sweeter, more luscious and more expensive than anything you can buy at the supermarket, but for him this is not about making money. He wants his peaches to help restore the reputation of his hometown. abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/the #AgriculturalPrices #VegetableFruitNuts #NuclearAccident #FruitCrops

  32. The world's sweetest peach costs $7,000. So is it worth the price tag? Koji's prize peaches are sweeter, more luscious and more expensive than anything you can buy at the supermarket, but for him this is not about making money. He wants his peaches to help restore the reputation of his hometown. abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/the #AgriculturalPrices #VegetableFruitNuts #NuclearAccident #FruitCrops

  33. Evacuation of village near explosion of nuclear cruise-missile engine called off - Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images)
    In the wake of an apparent explosion of the nuclea... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1551465 #russiancruisemissile #nuclearjetengine #nuclearaccident #nuclearpower #nyonoska #biz&it #policy