Climate shift smogs up the nuclear discussion Jul 31, 2008
Climate change has also been a godsend to the image of the nuclear power industry, enabling it to divert the public imagination away from an association with the Cold War and safety concerns following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. Nuclear's newfound favour lies in its claim of clean energy status, based on the absence of greenhouse gas emissions in generating nuclear energy. (Business Report, South Africa)
Ameren applies for potential new nuclear plant (6) Jul 30, 2008
Mid-Mo wrote on Jul 29, 2008 4:33 PM:" Can it be measured? You can measure it with common sense. Of course there's a risk. Two glaring examples come to mind, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. I support the new plant, but I agree with glide. They should help with the ferry project or build a bridge so those who live in the shadow of the reactors can access the plant for work without driving nearly 4 hours. ". Mac1974 wrote on Jul 29, 2008 3:33 PM:" ~~~~If we are going to take all the risk, we... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Azerbaijan Gets Ready to Go Nuclear Jul 29, 2008
Plans to construct a nuclear power plant in Azerbaijan first surfaced in the 1970s, but were shelved after the 1985 Chernobyl disaster. Garibov downplayed the risks, however. (EurasiaNet.org)
Australia must engage in a coherent debate about the nuclear option. Jul 29, 2008
Thorium is a much safer fuel in regard to waste (approx 200 year half life and can 'burn' uranium waste to render it safe) and no chance of Chernobyl style accident with thorium ... Are the grounds around Chernobyl thriving areas for fauna or not. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
War of Words Jul 29, 2008
They are also aware that the Russians actually sold them an obsolete and accident-prone reactor, of the Chernobyl generation. Even if and when it starts working, the Iranians will have to blatantly break their promises to the Russians in order to try and produce weapons grade material there. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Paralympics worthy of full Hollywood treatment Jul 26, 2008
The old USSR was one of the first states to offer athletic opportunities to the disabled, drafting the children of those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. Ukraine, the former Soviet Republic most affected by Chernobyl, is now ranked sixth on the Paralympic table. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hail the monster Jul 26, 2008
Apparently, Flukeman came to be thanks to the radioactive waste from the Chernobyl accident. 4. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Too Many French Nuclear Workers Contaminated Jul 25, 2008
The CRIIRAD was created in 1986 to give independent nuclear expertise after the French government wrongly claimed the Chernobyl radioactive cloud had stopped at the Italian border and told the population no safety measures were needed. Castanier added that the morale of staff at nuclear power plants was especially low and the number of calls her organisation had received in the last year had soared. (Planet Ark, United States)
Letters to the editor Jul 22, 2008
Barefoot wrote on Jul 21, 2008 10:13 AM:" I guess ugly is in the eye of the beholder. I look at a wind mill and think about all the smoke coming out of a coal powered power plant and I think a wind mill is a beautiful thing.I look at the cooling tower of a nuclear power plant, and think of all the waste that takes forever to become safe to hand and I see the wind mill as a beautiful thing.I look at the smoking mess around Chernobyl and wonder, if it came to the ultimate disaster with a... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
* Nuclear power is not a green panacea Jul 20, 2008
Thus the Chernobyl experience is perceived differently in Germany and France, Britain, Spain or Ukraine and Russia ... As a consequence, the priority which was still accorded energy security 20 years after Chernobyl is being undermined by the question of how long consumers can maintain their standards of living in the face of the steady increase in energy prices ... It doesnt even have to come to a mini-Chernobyl in Europe. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tunguska Catastrophe: Evidence Of Acid Rain Supports Meteorite Theory Jul 19, 2008
26, 2001) Chernobyl has made a chilling contribution to medical history, accounting for the largest group of human cancers associated with a known cause on a known date, ECCO 11 - the European Cancer. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Nuclear power is vital energy source Jul 18, 2008
Written off as an industry without a future after the leak at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania and the reactor meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine, no new U.S. nuclear power plants have been built for more than 20 years. But, nuclear power never went away. (New Haven Register, CT)
AMERICA'S FUTURE: Italians Turn to Nuclear Power Jul 17, 2008
The referendum that closed the nuclear plants was held in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, shutting down those already running and blocking the construction of new ones ... But Italian opinion on nuclear energy has changed in the two decades since Chernobyl, in part because they import so much energy and in part because of prices. (Fox News)
Lithuania Plans Referendum on Nuclear Plant Jul 15, 2008
The first reactor at the Ignalina plant -- of the same design as Ukraine's Chernobyl facility, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986 -- was shut down in late 2004. The remaining reactor is due to be closed at the end of next year, as agreed with the EU during Lithuania's accession negotiations. (Planet Ark, United States)
Italy and Britain Eye Nuclear Power Potential Jul 15, 2008
Italy halted its nuclear energy programme after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Berlusconi said his proposal for a meeting had the approval of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (Planet Ark, United States)
Limit Oil Price or Face More Nuclear Power - Italy Jul 14, 2008
Italy halted its nuclear energy programme following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. "It is an emergency situation that we find ourselves in today, and I think that wielding this threat should bring a fall in the price of oil," he added. (Planet Ark, United States)
U.S. nuclear power revival will take time Jul 14, 2008
Accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania (1979) and Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986) led many countries to set the technology aside for long periods. Cost over-runs. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Callaway speaks out at nuclear meeting Jul 13, 2008
The NRC revamped the process after nuclear catastrophes like Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl. This one will be rife with other opportunities for public review, although many asked questions at the meeting. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Germans Slowly Warm to Nuclear Energy, Poll Shows Jul 13, 2008
The 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the world's biggest nuclear accident, turned Germans against atomic energy for years as they panicked about safety and the environment, fears the Green lobby capitalised on to strengthen their influence. The previous German coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens agreed the phase-out and Merkel's CDU, which supports the nuclear industry, was forced to agree to stick to the closure deal in order to clinch a coalition pact with the SPD in 2005. (Planet Ark, United States)
US removes uranium from Iraq... Jul 7, 2008
What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad - using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine ... Last month, a team of Iraqi nuclear experts completed training in the Ukrainian ghost town of Pripyat, which once housed the Chernobyl workers before the deadly meltdown in 1986, said an IAEA official who spoke on condition of... (The Drudge Report)
Environmentalists are turning into religious zealots Jul 7, 2008
cross1242 wrote on Jul 6, 2008 2:09 PM:" This week, Prof. Clayson goes after environmental scientists who are apparently proposing that we all freeze to death in the dark.Really?Scientists proposing that we all freeze to death in the dark?That hardly sounds like science since it is the hallmark of science to prove assertions and finding practical answers to real questions.Those readers using a critical eye on what they read will note that while Prof. Clayson starts off talking about... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq Jul 6, 2008
What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl' Jul 6, 2008
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl ... Air pollution in major cities may be more damaging to health than the radiation exposure suffered by survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, according to a report published today ... Two explosions at the Chernobyl reactor killed three people immediately and more than 30 died from acute radiation poisoning, but the radioactive plume released from the reactor spread over most of Europe and is estimated to have caused up to 16,000 deaths. (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
Catfish chokes on soccer ballin Bavarian canal Jul 2, 2008
Ned Colt travels to Chernobyl, Ukraine, site of the notorious nuclear disaster, to find tourists seeking a holiday in the hotzone. Video: Strange news. (MSNBC -- International)
* GOING GREEN: Confessions of a nuclear turncoat Jul 2, 2008
Half of Ukraine sets off a Geiger counter like a microwave oven sets off popcorn, thanks to a little meltdown called Chernobyl. The US had its own near catastrophe at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Letters from readers Jul 2, 2008
The petition demands an investigation by a bipartisan commission, regarding how effectively the NRC is doing its job, before we have a catastrophic nuclear disaster like Chernobyl in the United States. Our goal is to provide a voice to the American people. (Florida Times-Union)
Nuclear, yes please! Jul 1, 2008
Half of the Ukraine sets off a Geiger counter like a microwave oven sets off popcorn, thanks to the meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986. The U.S. had its own near catastrophe with Three Mile Island. (CNN -- International)
Nigeria:G8 Worried Over Country's Nuclear Programme Jun 30, 2008
In April 1986, there was a nuclear reactor accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the old Soviet Union, regarded as the worst in history, resulting in a severe release of radioactivity into the environment following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor ... The 2005 report prepared by the Chernobyl Forum, led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organisation (WHO), attributed 56 direct deaths - 47 accident workers, and nine children with... (allAfrica.com)
Bhopal Victims Still Seeking Redress Jun 29, 2008
The biggest industrial disaster ever, many times deadlier than the Chernobyl nuclear accident, made headlines around the world, but soon receded into the. Related Articles. (Time.com)
Turn Out The Lights, The Party's Over Jun 26, 2008
It took darned near 25 years of meetings and protests, and hundreds of "Willmotts and Why Nots" to convince the people and politicians of the Island that a nuclear disaster on the order of Three Mile Island or Chernobyl would devastate the population of Long Island, New York City and southern Connecticut. Finally, in 1989 the nuclear plant was shut down. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)
Congress needs to waive roadblocks Jun 26, 2008
Leonard wrote on Jun 26, 2008 7:38 AM:" Brilliant!!! Lets waive the environmental regs on nuclear power. Who needs those 10 foot concrete containment walls? Radiation is good for cockroaches, maybe it is good for humans as well. As for the waste, lets store it on playgrounds. The glow will make them safer at night.I am all for increasing the role of nuclear power in America but progress in this area MUST be accommodated by the STRICTEST environmental and safety regulation.A single Chernobyl... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Editorial: McCain’s right on N-power Jun 25, 2008
Jules wrote on Jun 24, 2008 3:38 PM:" Ahh, yes, barefoot ignores a few facts about Chernobyl, like the fact that Chernobyl was a different type of reactor -- that isn't built in the US. It isn't built here precisely because it can do what it did. You repeatedly try to put words in my mouth and lie about things I've said, so you get to put up with a correct paraphrasing or two. I didn't say we were independent, I said "any possibility of independence". We cannot get there if loud-mouthed liberals... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Uranium poised for a rebound as reactor construction booms Jun 24, 2008
Proposed reactors were canceled in the 1970s because of environmental protests, while accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 and Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 further eroded support. In Japan, new projects face delays as utilities improve earthquake resistance to restore confidence after the closure of Tokyo Electric Power's Kashiwazaki Kariwa and revelations that companies falsified safety records. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Uranium prices poised to soar Jun 24, 2008
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Nuclear generationHow the power industry is hunting young new talent Jun 18, 2008
At the same time, the industry's image has been tarnished by accidents such as Chernobyl in 1986. Tackling concerns about safety is vital to improve the public perception of nuclear energy, according to Peter Bleasdale, managing director of Nexia Solutions, the public sector company that runs the research operation at Sellafield. (BBC News -- Science)
Netherlands Nuclear Energy Profile Jun 17, 2008
The Netherlands pursued a small, active nuclear program until the government shelved a new construction project in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster in the USSR. In 1994, after years of inactivity, the Dutch Parliament voted to phase-out the Borssele Plant and the entire nuclear program by 2003. Legal problems prevented the government from implementing their decision and in 2003, the government changed the closure date to 2013. (Suite101.com)
Let's Go Nuclear Jun 16, 2008
Accidents in Chernobyl and Three Mile Island put paid to the idea of using nuclear technology in power generation for a couple of decades. But the soaring price of crude oil means that governments can no longer afford to ignore nuclear energy. (India Times, India)
Is local food safer? Jun 14, 2008
We can use canned tomatoes, however, remember years ago when the Chernobyl disaster spread in Europe and some said Italian canned tomatoes could still be infected with air-borne radiation. Maybe we should substitute blueberries. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Atomic power merits new look Jun 14, 2008
It has been anathema since the radiation leak at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and especially since the accident at Chernobyl, yet nuclear power does not consume massive quantities of fossil fuels and thus does not produce large amounts of greenhouse gases. That makes this source of energy very attractive at a time when global warming is almost palpable and when we have to speedily find new energy sources if we are to maintain our current lifestyle while not cannibalizing the planet. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Biggest N-reactor spreads the word Jun 12, 2008
The Finnish parliament voted to build OL3 in 2002, in a decision seen as revolutionary in a Europe that had built no new nuclear plants since the 1986 Chernobyl accident and where opposition to nuclear power has traditionally been fierce. But OL3's strict counter-terrorism safety features post-9/11, a plane could be crashed into it but the reactor will not leak and calm agreement on nuclear waste disposal appear to be winning European hearts and minds. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Is Nuclear Power Viable? Jun 10, 2008
That reverse is chiefly due to safety concerns the lingering Chernobyl fears of nuclear meltdown, or the fact that we still have yet to devise a long-term method for the disposal of atomic waste. But to Amory Lovins a veteran energy expert and chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute there's a much better green reason to be against nuclear power: economics. (Time.com)
Striking Oil Jun 9, 2008
Heck, if France can do it without turning Paris into Chernobyl, it cant be that hard. In the meantime, thanks to these buffoons, Im stuck paying $4. (Townhall.com)
Marine Power Lags Wind by Only 5 Years - Triodos Jun 9, 2008
2 billion) in assets, has been investing in wind projects since it turned against nuclear power after the 1986 Chernobyl power station disaster. "The appetite is there, the market is there, the growth will be surprisingly fast," Triodos Renewables operations director Matthew Clayton said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Russia shutters 2nd plutonium reactor Jun 6, 2008
The design of the Seversk and Zheleznogorsk reactors similar to the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986 also raised fears of accidents. According to the National Nuclear Security Administration, a U.S. agency that coordinates nonproliferation programs, the plants together produced more than 1 ton of plutonium annually. (MSNBC -- International)
Environmental crisis, democracy and morality Jun 5, 2008
The Chernobyl disaster is a leading example of environmental abuse by the ambitious agenda of an authoritarian government, the Soviet Union. Indonesia's repressive New Order regime also had a bad record of environmental management, some of which are still problems now. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Infotainment Jun 1, 2008
Suspects were detained carrying scrap 20-30 times the legal radiation level from the 30-kilometer exclusion zone around the Chernobyl. An Indonesian businessman planned to throw 5,429 from an airplane today, as part of a marketing ploy for his second book, organisers said. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Op-Ed / Jerry Jackson: Time for nuclear power May 31, 2008
Katalyst wrote on May 30, 2008 6:48 AM:" Human beings have a responsibility to live in balance with nature, not taking more than needed -the golden rule of our living planet. A lot of hot air about leaving our children a better world than the one we knew- exactly how does high-level radioactive nuclear waste, deadly for centuries hence, fit into your sustainability model? 100's of years ago, indigenous people named Yucca Mountain, meaning SNAKE mountain because over centuries it CRAWLED across... (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Italy Greens Say No To Nuclear, Push Renewable Energy May 30, 2008
Italy banned nuclear power in a 1987 referendum after the Chernobyl disaster. But calls for a nuclear renaissance have intensified this month under the new government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as oil prices stormed record highs. (Planet Ark, United States)
New Protective Tomb To Be Built At Chernobyl May 26, 2008
CHERNOBYL POWER PLANT, Ukraine - Work is expected to start this year at Chernobyl on a new structure to entomb its shattered reactor and stop radiation leaks at the site of the world's largest nuclear disaster ... But Chernobyl general director Nikolai Dmitruk plays down any suggestion of harmful radiation levels ... Ukraine first asked the West to help make Chernobyl safe in 1992 after Soviet rule collapsed. (Planet Ark, United States)
Italy 'to revive nuclear power' May 23, 2008
Italy says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, more than 20 years after it was scrapped by referendum in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. Since then Italy has become the world's biggest net importer of electricity. (BBC News -- Europe)
Italy signals turnaround on nuclear power May 23, 2008
Perhaps more important for the public psyche, Europe's nuclear bans and restrictions were almost all enacted in the years after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union ... Also, instead of Chernobyl, Europeans have more recently watched in horror as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, cut off the natural gas supply to Ukraine in a price dispute, leaving that country in darkness. (International Herald Tribune)
Italy Reverses Policy, To Build Nuke Power Stations May 23, 2008
A decision to renounce nuclear power generation and to close the country's four nuclear plants was taken by referendum in 1987 following the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine on April 26, 1986. But according to Confindustria head Emma Marcegaglia the time has now come "to invest in nuclear energy" as the country has become too dependent on foreign energy sources. (Newsmax)
A wing and an error May 23, 2008
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat, had experienced a catastrophic meltdown ... Everybody and everything downwind of Chernobyl would become, like the flies, part of a giant lab experiment ... In the 22 years since Chernobyl, innumerable studies have been conducted to assess the health and environmental consequences of the radiation release. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Italy wants to bring back nuclear power May 22, 2008
Italians decided to close the country's nuclear energy program in a referendum a year after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. It was unclear how Silvio Berlusconi's new government intended to move forward despite that referendum. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Oh, The Humanity May 20, 2008
In 1986 humans were forced to evacuate the thriving city when the nuclear reactor at nearby Chernobyl went into meltdown. Since then it has been abandoned to its fate, the buildings crumbling and destroyed by rampant vegetation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
As China opens up, it keeps a wary eye on the former U.S.S.R. May 20, 2008
The explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl in April 1986 shattered the Kremlin's credibility - and gave a powerful impetus to glasnost ... The first government announcement - an innocuous 44 words - came more than a day after the reactor meltdown, and hours after Sweden detected alarming levels of radiation in its air, 1,300 kilometers, or 800 miles, north of Chernobyl. (International Herald Tribune)
EBRD says former Soviet bloc facing slower economic growth May 18, 2008
In addition, the remaining cash will help finance a new shelter around the Chernobyl reactor, scene of the world's worst nuclear accident and also located in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. The sarcophagus, which should be ready by 2012, was estimated to cost 1. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Europe.view: Prague's silent spring May 16, 2008
A sign of how much the bad guys dislike the radios' work came only last month, with a big cyberattack that temporarily brought down the website of the Belarusian-language service, probably to stop people reading it on the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. That recalled the Soviet-era practice of jamming, at vast expense, foreign short-wave radio broadcasts. (The Economist)
Western experts monitor China's nuclear sites for signs of damage May 16, 2008
Reactors are usually rigged to shut down in an earthquake, and it is unclear if the Plant 821 reactor could undergo the same kind of disaster that struck the Chernobyl reactor in 1986. It spewed radioactivity across large parts of Russia and Europe. (International Herald Tribune)
When Cyber Terrorism Becomes State Censorship May 15, 2008
The attacks were timely: Radio Free Europe was planning coverage of protests by Belarusian opposition groups on the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl, hoping to highlight the lack of compensation for victims of the nuclear disaster and the Belarusian government's plan to build a new nuclear reactor. That broadcast was cut off by a flood of traffic that reached 50,000 fraudulent requests for information per second at its peak. (Forbes -- Technology)
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl' May 15, 2008
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl ... Air pollution in major cities may be more damaging to health than the radiation exposure suffered by survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, according to a report published today ... Two explosions at the Chernobyl reactor killed three people immediately and more than 30 died from acute radiation poisoning, but the radioactive plume released from the reactor spread over most of Europe and is estimated to have caused up to 16,000 deaths. (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
In a Kyrgyz garden, unburied Soviet memories May 15, 2008
He died in 2003 (the Soviet military sent him to clean up Chernobyl, and he was never quite the same when he returned), but she grimaced when asked if she had married again. "If I had had a second one, he would have been the same," she said. (International Herald Tribune)
Hyperion opponents spreading confusion May 15, 2008
They mentioned things like Chernobyl, the reactor number four disaster. This was a Soviet-built nuclear power plant that was NOT under the guidance of the EPA. This has nothing to do with a gas refinery, built with EPA guidance. (Sioux City Journal)
Plugging the gapHow a 'national lab' will re-energise the UK's nuclear sector May 14, 2008
It has numerous advantages and even the worst case disaster of Chernobyl didn't prove to be anything like as damaging to the environment as first feared, as a Horizon programme a few years ago showed. Les Howarth, Saffron Walden, UK. (BBC News -- Science)
There's no 'whole truth' in traffic court May 12, 2008
The poisonous airborne fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union arrived in New York and hit his elbow, which was sticking out his driver-side window, and this distraction caused him to turn his car accidentally. "The defense failed. So the man produced a doctor's note saying that he had eaten a bad turkey.". (Anchorage Daily News)
