Chrenoybl: Life Blooms in the Dead Zone

[tim 360]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/14/chernobyl.nature.radiation.debate/index.html?hpt=C1

[Steamer]

Fallout is some tricky stuff. The Bikini islands "looked" ok with trees and vegetation growing years after we blew them up but you wouldn't dare set foot on them without protection.

When I worked at the water dept. there was a manual that spoke of what to do after we got nuked. One part described taking a normal can of beans and placing it in an open field and setting off a nuke nearby (far enough not to vaporize it but close enough to get good blast of radiation). When you find the can of beans the next day it will be covered with dirt (fallout). The beans inside of the can will be perfectly safe to eat but if you get so much as a speck of the dirt inside of you, you're history.

I guess what I'm saying is that just because plants are growing there doesn't mean that it's not without danger.

[tfcrew]

8 Facts About the Animals of Chernobyl

Three decades after the Chernobyl disaster—the world’s worst nuclear accident—signs of life are returning to the exclusion zone. Wild animals in Chernobyl are flourishing within the contaminated region; puppies roaming the area are capturing the hearts of thousands. Tourists who have watched the critically acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl are taking selfies with the ruins. Once thought to be forever uninhabitable, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a haven for flora and fauna that prove that life, as they say in Jurassic Park, .

http://getpocket.com/explore/item/8-facts-about-the-animals-of-chernobyl

[Grumpy]

On April 26, the former Soviet republic marks the 35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the plant, which was some 108 km (67 miles) north of the capital Kyiv, exploded during a botched safety test. The result was the world’s worst nuclear accident. Clouds of radiation wer sent across much of Europe and tens of thousands of people to forced to evacuate.

“We believe that putting Chernobyl on the UNESCO heritage list is a first and important step towards having this great place as a unique destination of interest for the whole of mankind,” said Oleksandr Tkachenko, the Ukrainian culture minister .

“The importance of the Chernobyl zone lays far beyond Ukraine’s borders ... It is not only about commemoration, but also history and people’s rights,” he said.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/26/out-of-the-heap-of-broken-images-35-years-on-chernobyl-seeks-world-heritage-status

[tfcrew]

I believe that they had too many amateurs back then running that facility.

[Grumpy]

They can print binder after binder of instructions and procedures, but if the operators don't understand and follow them, it does not turn out well.