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Russia/Ukraine/ex-USSR

The former Soviet Union was rocked by one of the world's worst environmental disasters on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl reactor site exploded, sending a radioactive plume across the world. The former Soviet Union is still also the site of some of the world's worst radioactive contamination from its nuclear weapons program.

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Friday
Mar112022

What’s at risk in Chernobyl?

Friday
Mar112022

Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster

Friday
Mar042022

The Ukraine power plant fire was contained. But nuclear experts fear what’s to come in Russia’s war.

Tuesday
Mar012022

Beyond Nuclear on the Thom Hartmann Program: The Risk to Ukraine's 15 Operating Atomic Reactors & Chernobyl

Ukraine has 15 active nuclear reactors in four locations, excluding the destroyed plant at Chernobyl. With the war in progress, why is nobody talking about the dangers of one or more being hit by Russian firepower? Or rockets hitting nuclear waste storage in Ukraine? The results could make Chernobyl look like a firecracker. Thom is joined by Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps. See the recording here.

Thursday
Feb242022

Russian forces take Chernobyl zone, Ukraine says, raising fears of ‘ecological disaster’