When warfare activities collide with a nuclear disaster zone things can get complicated and dangerous. Yahoo News reposted a Popular Mechanics article today, alleging evidence that Russian troops were harmed in the occupation of that site.
See other Popular Mechanics coverage on Chernobyl here.… Continue Reading →
Putin is protesting UK’s plan to send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. Will this spark nuclear escalation? See the article.
The Telegraph reports on growing concern about North Korea nuclear weapons.
Fox News reports North Korea is making nuclear war preparations.
Dogtime reports that Chernobyl’s dogs are genetically distinct.… Continue Reading →
The war in the Ukraine has nuclear weapons and also missile developments back in the news. Much of the news coming out of Ukraine cannot be independently verified but even through the haze of war it has become clear that Russian troops captured and occupied the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant for several weeks and that Russian troops fired weapons at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
It is now being reported that some sources inside the Kremlin are concerned that … Continue Reading →
Inspector Geiger Counter Measuring Radioactivity on a Firefighters Discarded Clothing
Time flies by. It’s already been 32 years since the Spring day in April when things went terribly wrong in a place called Chernobyl. I was a young man at the time. My first company made radiation detectors and did some solar energy projects and research. The winds shifted in Washington DC and solar had grown out of favor. Today the winds have shifted in the Ukraine and the radioactive … Continue Reading →