tagged w/ Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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News reports on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986. Unsettling and hopefully not repeated anytime soon, like this week.News reports on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster in 1986. Unsettling and... more
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Drought and the worst heat wave Russia has seen in 130 years have sparked a devastating outbreak of wildfires across the nation this summer, primarily in the country’s western and central regions.
A thick smog has descended on Moscow, forcing hundreds of offices to close down. People have taken to wearing masks and pouring water in the streets in an attempt to protect themsleves at least somewhat form the noxious fumes. The air in Moscow has become ten times more toxic than usual.
With 100-degree temperatures and noxious fumes rolling in from burning peat bogs and forests, there is growing alarm here that fires in regions coated with fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 24 years ago could now be emitting plumes of radioactive smoke.
Read More: http://morichesdaily.com/2010/08/officials-russian-fires-spread-radioactive-smoke/Drought and the worst heat wave Russia has seen in 130 years have sparked a... more
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