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Anti-nuclear protest after the Chernobyl disaster on May Day, 1986 in West Berlin. Because of the distrust many had in the Soviet authorities, who engaged in a cover-up, a great deal of debate about the situation occurred in the First World during the early days of the event. Journalists mistrusted many professionals, and in turn encouraged the ...
The United States 9/11 Commission has said that nuclear power plants were potential targets originally considered for the September 11, 2001 attacks. If terrorist groups could sufficiently damage safety systems to cause a core meltdown at a nuclear power plant, and/or sufficiently damage spent fuel pools, such an attack could lead to a ...
Research has shown after the Chernobyl disaster the level of thyroid cancer, particularly in children near the radiation exposure, increased. [9] Although iodine-131 has a short half-life compared to other radioactive isotopes, iodine-131 made its way through the food chain through a milk-to-consumer pathway. 95% of iodine-131 was ingested ...
Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident ...
The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986. [1] The site remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world today. [2]
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It's been more than two months after 9/11 and the event is still fresh in everyone's minds. American Airlines Flight 587, operated by an Airbus A300-600R, leaves John F. Kennedy Airport for Santo Domingo. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft spins out of control and crashes into Rockaway, Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ...
Watch live as the Bell of Hope rings in memory of 9/11 victims 22 years on from the terrorist attack on Monday, 11 September. On 9 September 2001 al-Qaeda extremists seized US passenger jets and ...