Russia’s floating nuclear power plants pose catastrophic risk
“With a floating nuclear plant you have a mechanism to significantly increase the amount of radioactive material going into the environment,”
Floating Chernobyls OpEdNews: Karl Grossman 3 Sept 10 Russia has embarked on ascheme to build floating nuclear power plants to be moored off its coasts and sold to nations around the world. Continue reading
Russia’s collapsing nuclear industry saved by selling nuclear plant to Iran
The launch is something of a turning point for the Russian nuclear industry, which was near collapse before getting the Iranian contract for Bushehr.
Bushehr Launch Boosts Rosatom, The Moscow Times, 23 August 2010, By Olga Razumovskaya Russia and Iran on Saturday jointly launched the Bushehr atomic power plant, the first in the Middle East, bringing the Islamic republic into the ranks of the world’s 29 nuclear power generating nations. Both sides hailed the startup as a landmark……… Continue reading
Uncertainty over radiation as Russia’s wildfire danger still exists
Vice President of the European Parliament Rodi Kratsa said in a letter to the chamber last week that there are “serious risks” of radiation reaching Europe and asked her fellow deputies to find out whether Russia has a “prevention plan … to avoid the release of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.”
Fallout from Russia’s Fires – the ashes of Chernobyl, TIME, Simon Shuster , 20 Aug 2010, – “……. On Aug. 18, it [the Russian government] organized a trip to Bryansk for observers and environmentalists. Ivan Blokov, who went on behalf of Greenpeace, says the trip left some of the most crucial questions unanswered and convinced him only that the region’s firefighting infrastructure is “in a state of collapse” and would be unable to contain a major fire in the radioactive forests. Continue reading
Safety to be increased at Russia’s nuclear sites
Russia to boost safety at nuclear sites after fires Aug 19, 2010 By Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia is to step up safety at its nuclear facilities after wildfires threatened to engulf one centre, raising fears of a radiation leak, the head of the state nuclear corporation said on Thursday. Continue reading
Russian govt controlling information on fires and radioactivity
Shoigu changed his line about the risk of radiation and rebuked the RCFH for spreading “false information.” Hours later, the agency’s website went down, and it remained inaccessible until the morning of Aug. 18 — when it went back online with no mention of the Bryansk fires. RCFH deputy director Nikolai Bobrinsky told TIME that the agency was just following a request from the Emergencies Ministry that it stop going public with information about the fires to avoid spreading panic.
Fallout from Russia’s Fires – the ashes of Chernobyl, TIME, Simon Shuster , 20 Aug 2010, Five weeks after wildfires began spreading through forests in central and western parts of the country, Russia is still burning. Continue reading
Radiation contamination in Russia. USA help in wildfires
Виктория Орти (
ortivika) wrote, 17 August 2010, Two U.S. Air Force planes flew to Moscow , probably on board – one of the seven laboratories for nuclear weapons . Ask yourselves – what could well scare the Russians, to urgently call for help from the U.S. Air Force ?
Mayak is the most radioactive contaminated place in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_Disaster
….”(Lake Katachay) accumulated some 4.44 exabecquerels (EBq) of radioactivity, including 3.6 EBq of Caesium- 137 and 0.74 EBq of Strontium- 90. For comparison, the Chernobyl disaster released from 5 to 12 EBq of radioactivity, but this radiation is not concentrated in one location. ” http://topbloger.ru/?http%3a%2f%2fortivika.livejournal.com%2f953720.html
Russia censoring news about wildfires and radiation
Shoigu also demanded that those who reported on the spread of radiation fro fires burning in contaminated areas be made known to authorities.
As a consequence, public information about fires in areas posing a potential radiation hazard were ripped down from government websites,
Russia emergency minister threatens to ‘deal with’ those spreading radiation ‘rumours’ about wildfires in contaminated areas NEW YORK/ST PETERSBURG –Bellona, Charles Digges, Alexander Shurshev contributed from St. Petersburg , 17Aug 2010, Russian emergency officials have come up with a novel tool to smother the spate of heat wave caused wildfires that threaten to tear through radioactively contaminated forests and lands during the country’s hottest summer, releasing radiation: pull information about fires in radioactively contaminated areas and threaten punishment for those spreading “rumours.” Continue reading
Russia’s top nuclear centre surrounded by fires
“Wildfires have surrounded the nuclear centre from all sides,” said Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, on Sunday.
Russian nuclear centre still under threat, THE HINDU, Vladimir Radyuhin, 16 Aug 2010, Russia’s main nuclear centre in the town of Sarov in central Russia is still threatened by forest fires after two weeks of desperate efforts to bring the situation under control. Continue reading
401 wildfires in Russia’s radiation contaminated Chelyabinsk
Russia emergency minister threatens to ‘deal with’ those spreading radiation ‘rumours’ about wildfires in contaminated areas NEW YORK/ST PETERSBURG –Alexander Shurshev contributed from St. Petersburg “Bellona, 17 Aug 2010, ………..By last week Roslesozashchita website was reporting – before it was taken down – that 269 fires were burning over 664 acres in the Bryansk Region.But that was not all. Continue reading
USA sends help as fires circle Russian nuclear base
U.S. sends help as fires close in on Russian nuclear base. Daily Mail 14th August 2010 The United States is sending firefighting equipment to Russia to help deal with 500 wildfires burning across the country, one of which threatens a nuclear base.The blazes have been sparked by the hottest summer ever recorded in Russia, Continue reading
Fight to save Russian nuclear research centre is stepped up
Russia has sent thousands of firefighters to douse wildfires close to its top nuclear research centre in Sarov
Fire near Russian nuclear centre grows, Sydney Morning Herald, August 13, 2010 Wildfires raging close to Russia’s main nuclear research centre have grown in size and emergency services are working round the clock to contain the blaze, officials say. Continue reading
Russia’s secrecy over wildfires promotes public anxiety
“The first thing that should be done is that the Russian government should be fully transparent about what’s going on. As long as not only the people but also international experts are not really informed about what’s going on, it is a major problem.
Lack of transparency over fires fuels fears over Russia nuclear danger – swissinfo, Jessica Dacey, 13 Aug, 2010, Russian wildfires have spread to areas contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster, raising concerns that Russia should be doing more to tackle the crisis. Greenpeace Switzerland says a more transparent approach by the Russian government is needed so that the general public is better informed and outside experts can help.
The fires were sparked by the hottest summer in Russia since records began. Continue reading
Chernobyl wildfire radiation risk not great, but does exist
Russian Wildfires Reach Chernobyl Site, Recontamination Likely, Care 2, : Beth Buczynski 12 Aug 2010, Over 500 wildfires have been raging across Russia for the past week, and now forest service officials are reporting that blazes have reached lands already contaminated by radioactive waste from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (Deutche Welle).”According to data from August 6, in the Bryansk region alone 28 fires covering an area of 269 hectares (664 acres) were recorded on these radioactive lands,” an official told Russia’s Interfax news agency.
This is a change from statments made earlier this week, in which Russian officials denied any knowledge of wildfires in the Bryansk region Continue reading
Uncertainty over effects of wildfires on Chernobyl nuclear wastes
Greenpeace played down fears of Chernobyl pollution reaching Moscow, but said the harmful potential of smaller doses of radiation, combined with smog, carbon monoxide and other particles, should not be overlooked.
Fears Russian wildfires could drive radioactive Chernobyl waste towards Moscow. Ecologist says radioactive particles from trees and plants burnt by summer fires in Chernobyl fallout area could be carried for hundreds of miles by winds winds Tom Parfitt in Moscow guardian.co.uk, 11 August 2010
- Forest wardens today stepped up patrols in the Chernobyl fallout zone as a leading ecologist warned that fires could send radioactive particles as far as Moscow. Continue reading
Plumes of radioactive smoke from Russia’s wildfires?
Russian Fires Raise Concerns About Radioactivity in Smoke – NYTimes.com, By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ, August 10, 2010 MOSCOW — As if things in Russia were not looking sufficiently apocalyptic already, 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. Continue reading
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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