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Global Radiation Montoring And Tracking Nuclear Disasters At Home

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Many of us don’t think too much about radiation levels in our area, until a nuclear disaster hits and questions are raised. Radiation monitoring is an important undertaking, both from a public health perspective and as a way to monitor things like weapon development. So why is it done, how …read more

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Fail of the Week: Spinning the Pripyat Ferris Wheel

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This multifaceted fail comes to us straight from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a group of friends apparently decided that a fun weekend project would be trying to turn over the iconic ferris wheel in the Pripyat Amusement Park. The [Kreosan] crew documented their admittedly very creative attempt at suicide …read more

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Nuclear Reactor Simulator Is The Project Of A Lifetime

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Have you been watching Chernobyl? Well, so has everyone else. Right now it seems the whole Internet is comprised of armchair dosimetrists counting roentgens in their sleep, but [Mark Wright] doesn’t need a high-budget TV show to tell him about the challenges of wrangling the atom with 1980s technology. …read more

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Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice

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An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change. Continue reading Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice→

Solar Power For Chernobyl’s Second Generation of Electricity

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When featuring cool hacks repurposing one thing for something else, we prefer to focus on what we could get our hands on and replicate for ourselves. Not this one, though, as nobody else has the misfortune of being responsible for 2,000 square kilometers (772 square miles) of radioactive contaminated land like the government of Ukraine. Trying to make the best of what they have, they’ve just launched a pilot program working to put up solar power farms inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

This is sure to invite some jokes in the comments section, but the idea has merit. Thirty years …read more

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