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The German environmental minister was given the authority over reactor safety as well, a responsibility the minister still holds today. The Chernobyl disaster is also credited with strengthening the anti-nuclear movement in Germany, which culminated in the decision to end the use of nuclear power made by the 1998–2005 Schröder government. [258]
The majority of premature deaths caused by Chernobyl are expected to be the result of cancers and other diseases induced by radiation in the decades after the event. [citation needed] This will be the result of a large population exposed to relatively low doses of radiation increasing the risk of cancer across that population.
Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes
A security checkpoint in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 2010. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 released large quantities of radioactive material from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. [9] The area in a 30 kilometres (19 mi) radius surrounding the exploded reactor was evacuated and sealed off by Soviet authorities.
Ukraine's President just signed a decree this week that set out plans for new walking trails and enhanced mobile phone reception.
Russian troops got sick after digging into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone’s heavily irradiated Red Forest. And today, some soldiers are still falling sick. Russian Soldiers Camped in Chernobyl's ...
The world's worst nuclear accident has been the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union, one of two accidents that has been rated as a level 7 (the highest) event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. [9] Note that the Chernobyl disaster may have scored an 8 or 9, if the scale continued.
The White House described the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site as “incredibly alarming and gravely concerning,” in keeping with its broader condemnation of the ...