Chernobyl, Radiation

Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs Are Genetically Distinct—But Radiation Isn’t the Reason
Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.
Chernobyl’s feral dogs are genetically unique, but not mutated
Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations. The new findings are helping experts contextualize how such ecological catastrophes influence the environment around them,
Radiation may not be why Chernobyl dogs show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences
Radiation may not be why Chernobyl dogs show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences - New study has implications for our understanding of nuclear radiation exposure effects on populations
Chornobyl dogs' genetic differences not due to mutation, study finds
Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chernobyl City and the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), according to a new study in PLOS ONE from North Carolina State University and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Chornobyl dogs show no nuclear radiation-induced mutations, scientists shocked
The previous study found 391 regions in the dog genomes that differed between the Chornobyl NPP and City populations — with some linked to DNA damage r
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Chernobyl would pale in comparison to strike on Kursk NPP — Rosatom chief
TASS/. The potential devastation caused by a Ukrainian strike on a live reactor of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) would make the Chernobyl disaster look like a walk in the park, Alexey ...
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Summary Report on the Post-accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident
This report was prepared after the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident, Vienna, 25–29 August 1986. A team of Soviet experts who presented a report on the accident at the ...
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Chernobyl survivors assess fact and fiction in TV series
Ultimately, though, he is happy the show has refocused attention on the disaster and the scale of damage caused. "Its high rankings show that people are still interested in Chernobyl. It's not ...
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How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022
The nuclear facility is terrain he knows well: Mr Plokhy previously produced an outstanding account of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the worst nuclear catastrophe in history, which was caused by ...
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I moved next to Chernobyl’s deadly exclusion zone to escape Putin’s troops…locals mock my plan to make it a tourist trap
Chernobyl and the towns around it aren’t empty. After the disaster about 1,200 people returned to their homes, disregarding the authorities and the potential risks to their health. Around 130 ...
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Chernobyl: The charities who help disaster children
The world's worst nuclear disaster has been ... opened in 1987 in response to the devastation caused when reactor number four at the nuclear power station in Chernobyl, Ukraine, exploded in ...
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Eye-Opening AMA Reveals What It's Like Growing Up In The Shadow Of A Nuclear Disaster
Twenty-eight years after the utterly devastating Chernobyl nuclear accident, a Reddit user has ... Union went to great lengths to hide the devastation of Chernobyl. Initially, CCPKA wasn't ...