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On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster took place. How has the area recovered, and what lessons does it hold?
April 26, 2011 |
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To safely enclose and robotically dismantle the 25-year-old makeshift confinement sarcophagus at Chernobyl, contractors are now erecting a massive steel structure weighing more than 29,000 metric tons
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Our nuclear primer explains the basics of reactor failures and how past nuclear accidents compare with one another
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Scientific American frequent contributor Charles Q. Choi traveled to the site and snapped these haunting images
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Radioactive fallout seems like the obvious health hazard from the explosion at Chernobyl, but linking it to medical problems has proved more complicated than anyone thought
Guest blogger Charles Choi filed this post while visiting the Chernobyl reactor
Is it possible to gauge the immediate and lasting health effects of radiation exposure? Here's the science behind radiation sickness and other threats facing Japan
A look at whether wildlife really came back at the exclusion zone around the plant
Thecrisis around the Fukushima Daiich plant has plenty in common with the Chernobyl disaster*#151;and many differences
The drug could have prevented cancer in children near Chernobyl, but overall its usefulness is limited
Nuclear power--like most forms of electricity generation--carries inherent risks. Is it worth the minor chance of a major catastrophe?
Next month marks Chernobyl's 25th anniversary, and the site is now accepting tourists. Christie Nicholson reports
In this episode, science writer Karen de Seve shares her adventures in the Bering Sea; journalist Dr. John Miller talks about a radiation health conference; and taxonomist and paleontologist Scott Thomson discusses the late Harriet the tortoise.
Scientific American's David Biello judges Fukushima to have reached Chernobyl proportions
As Fukushima and Chernobyl have shown, it's hard to predict accidents
The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant changes daily. This list provides a compilation of our most essential coverage of the reactor and the radiation threat
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