Its a very good discussion on the Ukraine.
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Because what has happen there. I am very interested in this about what had happen. What is the long life of Nuclear radiation? Chernobyl happened in my childhood, half a world away, but continues to pique my curiosity to this day. It would be interesting if there could be a study done on different species at a larger classification level; perhaps at the Order or Family level, or if this were impractical, at an ecological niche level.
The Chernobyl exclusion zone is arguably a nature reserve
It would be good to have comparative controls in both an urban, human-influenced environment Chicago? My goodness, the comments on this article are still active. Tit-for-tat, Tim, and thank you for at least acknowledging my book in your earlier articles. But as I said above, I never asserted that all species are thriving. In all of the recent media articles about him, I have not seen any evidence that he has addressed them.
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It looks like that time has come. That said, it is a shame that there is so little funding for research and informed debate about the effects of chronic exposure to low levels of radiation that Chernobyl studies can provide.
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My hope is that one silver lining of the Fukushima disaster is that it will renew interest in the subject. My suspicion is that governments and nuclear industries will not provide the funding the subject deserves. Tim, if you are following this thread, let us know what the status is. In any case, the evidence shows that far from the thousands of years that the land was predicted to be uninhabitable, we can measure the rate of environmental rehabilitation from this catastrophic event in years and decades.
Unfortunately, the psychological scars that get reopened every time disaster terms get bandied about will take far, far longer to heal. Environment , Living World. You spelled his name Sergii the first time and Sergey the second time. I merely added your website to my favorite features.
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I really like reading you. I would like to thank Tim Mousseau and Mary Mycio for their perspectives. This may be a step in providing a more consistent answer. Hello, is this thing on? It is all about the politics of fear. Discover's Newsletter Sign up to get the latest science news delivered weekly right to your inbox! See More Recent Categories Archives. Beat It, 80beats Watch This: The study suggested there was an impact on insect abundance even in areas of the exclusion zone where radiation levels are now extremely low.
View image of Animal remains on the shore of a cooling lake Credit: Those consequences come either in the form of damage to chromosomes or elevated mutation rates. How is it possible for radiation levels far below those considered harmful to have a significant impact on animal health? Out in the real world, animals face a multitude of ecological pressures that are not replicated in those lab studies. In natural settings, animals might be weaker and consequently more vulnerable to the effects of low-level radiation.
Most of the other researchers who have spent time working at Chernobyl take issue with their findings. View image of Bank voles Myodes glareolus may be affected Credit: We didn't find any of these effects even in the most contaminated lakes. Their research methods have also come in for criticism. One of their latest studies claims that bank voles in the exclusion zone have unusually high numbers of cataracts, and that this is linked to radiation levels. It was published in January Smith, Beresford, Wood and several of their colleagues posted a lengthy comment beneath the online version of the paper.
They highlight what they claim are a multitude of problems and flaws with the science. In particular, they argue that freezing animals for later study can inadvertently cloud their eyes in a way that could give the false impression that they had cataracts. View image of The forests around Chernobyl have recovered Credit: A study by a Japanese research team published in looked at the biological impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident. It concluded there were effects on the pale grass blue butterfly even at low-dose exposures. In response Beresford, with David Copplestone at the University of Stirling, UK, published an article to highlight what they say are basic errors and misunderstandings about how such studies should be performed.
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This ongoing controversy means that, on the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl, there are two views on its legacy, and they are poles apart. View image of The Chernobyl nuclear reactors, seen from space Credit: Either the evidence from the exclusion zone shows that ecosystems are far more robust to the fallout from nuclear disasters than we thought, or they are more vulnerable than anyone imagined possible.
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There does not seem to be a way to explain all the results from both sides of the debate, so one side or the other must simply be wrong. As she spoke, standing beside the sarcophagus, a Geiger counter began to tick frantically. It registered 50 times the natural background level of radiation - apparently a "tolerable" level of exposure for a short visit, officials say. Engineers say that there is a serious risk that the sarcophagus could collapse, exposing hundreds of tons of unstable nuclear debris.
The Chernobyl catastrophe took place 18 years ago tomorrow, on April 26, , when a powerful explosion destroyed the reactor, expelling a huge plume of radioactive dust that drifted across Europe. Some 31 firefighters who fought the blaze were killed by massive doses of radiation, and thousands of civilians are thought to have died since from radiation-induced cancers.
About tons of concrete and other debris mixed with nuclear fuel are still trapped under the hastily-constructed concrete shell. Tourists can enter the dead zone, visit the ruined fourth unit, talk to villagers who returned to live in the area and see a graveyard of hundreds of trucks, helicopters and armoured personnel vehicles which, according to brochures, are "so soaked with radiation that it is dangerous to approach".
Towns and villages that were evacuated in the days following the disaster are the biggest attraction - a time capsule from the late Soviet era. At Pripyat, two miles from the nuclear plant, communist banners painted for May 1 - a date the city never greeted - are stacked in the back of a ruined theatre. Tour agents say that there is no health risk from taking the trips.
Areas of high radioactivity are marked off with triangular yellow signs. The journey involves passing through a series of military roadblocks. Last week, officials from the nuclear plant led a group of foreign journalists and aid workers on a tour of the disaster zone. The concrete sarcophagus is to be covered by a new steel shell in