Natalia Manzurova, one of the few survivors among those directly involved in the long cleanup of Chernobyl, was a 35-year-old engineer at a nuclear plant in Ozersk, Russia, in April 1986 when she and 13 other scientists were told to report to the wrecked, burning plant in the northern Ukraine.
"The most detailed estimate of additional deaths was done in Russia by comparing rates in six highly contaminated territories with overall Russian averages and with those of six lesser-contaminated areas, maintaining similar geographical and socioeconomic
The organisation set up to verify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has a global network of air samplers that monitor and trace the origin of around a dozen radionuclides, the radioactive elements released by atomic bomb blasts – and nuclea
By Zoltán Dujisin, CHERNOBYL, Apr 30, 2011 (IPS) "The sarcophagous is welcome, but officials who say that this will solve the problem are not telling the truth: It will remain dangerous as long as there are 185 tons of nuclear fuel in it, fuel that is not
Tomas Kåberger 25.10.:" Den dåvarande japanska premiärministern Kan berättar i en intervju att kärnkraftbolagets anställda var på väg att lämna hela kraftverket dygnet efter olyckan. Premiärministern själv flög till kraftverket i helikopter för att förklara för personalen att det var uteslutet att de lämnade verket. Kan trodde att deras flykt skulle leda till spontan utrymning av Tokyo, en utrymning som i sig kunde få katastrofala följder. Denna rädsla var också skälet till att Japanska myndigheter inte ansåg det lämpligt att berätta allt och att ljuga om olyckans dignitet enligt den så kallade Ines-skalan. Verklighetsanknytningen kan också ifrågasättas när man nu talar om att få reaktorerna sluta läcka och vara i ”kallt, avstängt läge” före årsskiftet. Vad betyder det när man inte ens vet hur mycket av bränslet som ligger kvar i den trasiga inneslutningen eller kanske tiotals meter ner i berget?"
By HIROKO TABUCHI Published: December 16, 2011 TOKYO — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan has declared an end to the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, saying technicians have regained control of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. "But even before Mr. Noda’s announcement, some experts called the news premature, an attempt to quell continuing public anger over the accident and paper over remaining threats to the plant. The experts argue that the devastated plant remains vulnerable to large aftershocks, which could knock out the jury-rigged cooling system that helped workers bring the reactors into a relatively stable state known as a “cold shutdown.” "
Conditions at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are far worse than its operator or the government has admitted, according to freelance journalist Tomohiko Suzuki, who spent more than a month working undercover at the power station. A book by Tomohiko Suzuki detailing many of his experiences at the plant and connections between yakuza crime syndicates and the nuclear industry, titled "Yakuza to genpatsu" (the yakuza and nuclear power), was published by Bungei Shunju on Dec. 15.
New York Times By MARTIN FACKLER Published: January 21, 2012 Quotation: “If the government treated us like adults, there would be no need for Mamorukai,” said Sachiko Sato, a network founder. “Japan must build an entirely new food-monitoring system that we average people can really trust.”