A History of Chernobyl

[Suomis]

http://listverse.com/2010/03/22/top-...want-to-visit/

check out #2.

Just sayin.


If someone is wondering that wth? Then read the text under. Spoilers:

It is also included in STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, that my friend, is Pripyat.

[gimpymoo]

Originally Posted by g859

Disaster at Chernobyl Part 1/6
Disaster at Chernobyl Part 2/6
Disaster at Chernobyl Part 3/6
Disaster at Chernobyl Part 4/6
Disaster at Chernobyl Part 5/6
Disaster at Chernobyl Part 6/6

Great videos.

Thanks for the links.

[oi u agree]

I visited Chernobyl in my dream once. I died of cancer. Then I woke up.

[PenGun]

Some more from the Linux freaks at Phoronix. From this Easter 2010:

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14747

From Large Format Photography:

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ight=Chernobyl

[TERR6RRUS]

Чернобiль in Ukraine. I saw trip to Chernobyl cost 2000-4000 rubs or 535 hryvnia .

Originally Posted by Labyrinth

Disturbing to think people will take shortcuts that can endanger life, just for more money =/

Just like BP in the gulf

[Bad_Motha]

As if wallstreet doesn't also operate in the same manner, they'd sell their grandmother to get stocks to jump up.

[Guyver3]

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[JagFel]

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2...nuclear-plant/


Dunno if it's been posted, current pictures from inside the power plant.

[Van Helsing]

Originally Posted by DarK 1217

I thought you might like to add this new documentary I recently watched, it's EXCELLENT.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=2

Wow, thanks for the link. Just finished watching this and I must say its as fascinating as it is chilling. A lot of information to digest. I expect i'll watch it again in a day or two after i've had time for it all to sink in.

[Urhan]

Originally Posted by DarK 1217

I thought you might like to add this new documentary I recently watched, it's EXCELLENT.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=2

Indeed, it is excellent.

A lesson of History everyone should watch.

[g859]

Just finished a fairly large grammar/spelling/mechanics edit on the OP. Added a little bit of info and removed some info that didn't really make sense.

[g859]

*Edit* Also compiled a complete list of working links to images, videos, and other sites into the OP.

[Zorvan]

Originally Posted by Bad_Motha

As if wallstreet doesn't also operate in the same manner, they'd sell their grandmother to get stocks to jump up.

Yes, but screwing my stock portfolio doesn't quite compare to getting me roasted by atomic fire.

[neural_jam]

I'm slightly dubious about the number of deaths quoted here, you seem to be working with the claims of the governments at the time (I read in passing somewhere that they were exaggerating claims in order to extract money from western countries... though how that would work I don't know, so I could be remembering that bit incorrectly).

However, to quote part of the abstract of Background Paper 3 from the 'One Decade after Chernobyl - Summing up the Consequences of the Accident' conference held in Vienna in April 1996:
"Although some increases in the frequency of cancer in exposed populations have been reported, these results are difficult to interpret, mainly because of differences in the intensity and method of follow-up between exposed populations and the general population with which they are compared. If the experience of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan and of other exposed populations is applicable, the major radiological impact of the accident will be cases of cancer. The total lifetime numbers of excess cancers will be greatest among the 'liquidators' (emergency and recovery workers) and among the residents of 'contaminated' territories, of the order of 2000 to 4600 among each group (the size of the exposed populations is 200,000 liquidators and 6,800,000 residents of 'contaminated' areas). These increases would be difficult to detect epidemiologically against an expected background number of 41,500 and 800,000 cases of cancer respectively among the two groups."

Basically, the additional adverse health effects caused by Chernobyl were/are a very small increase on the incidence of concers, etc., that would normally be expected for populations of that size. The full paper is here along with more recent analysis: http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/ch...h_impacts.html

(the abstract is about halfway down)

The evacuation itself was mostly for show as well, in some cases the residents were moved to an area that actually had higher radiation levels due to the natural geology... I don't have a link for that, but it's in the notes from my masters :-)

The main problem caused (or at least exacerbated) by Chernobyl was not the radiation, but rather the fear of radiation. In the entire history of the nuclear industry, there have only been 5 or 6 major incidents. Compare that to all the oil spills and fires of the oil industry, and you can see why I think nuclear regulation is over the top... or maybe other industry's regulations are woefully inadequte. Maybe both.
But anyway, my point is that the fear of radiation is far worse than radiation itself... and I don't see why we should be afraid of it when it gives us the excuse to quaff a bottle of vodka :-p
Here's to a good day's work!

[edit] I've just realised that there's several pages of replies to the original post, so I may be repeating what someone else has said... apologies if this is so! D'oh! [/edit]