The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe may have scared most of the world off nuclear power, write Jan Haverkamp & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually took place. Thirty years on more than half of Ukraine's electricity is still nuclear, while the power sector is dominated by powerful oligarchs. So what are the chances of a post-nuclear Ukraine?
… Chernobyl, what chance of a post-nuclear Ukraine? Jan Haverkamp Iryna Holovko | 26th April 2016 Comment Ukraine Nuclear Energy Renewables Solar Russia … & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
… Ukraine sues anti-nuclear campaigners The Ecologist | 28th August 2015 News Ukraine Energy Nuclear Human Rights EU Finance sunpp-cut.jpg Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is …
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports
… risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine Tom Levitt | 17th March 2011 News Nuclear Energy Ukraine EU Renewables Radiation nuclearukraine.jpg Anti-nuclear activists are …
As tensions grow between US-dominated NATO and Russia, former cold warrior William R. Polk hears the echoes of the Cuban missile crisis - only this time, it's Russia that feels forced to fight for its vital strategic interests. We must hear the lessons of 1962 Cuba - and negotiate a just and durable peace, before we sleep-walk into a world-destroying war.
… Ukraine and the Cuban missile crisis - we must … 2015 News War Nuclear USA Russia NATO Ukraine Politics tijuana-jesus-cut.jpg Would … welcome the advance of NATO to its borders in Ukraine? Photo: Jesus overlooks Tijuana from a …
'The diversity of habitats in Kyiv, especially on the banks of the Dnipro, is quite astonishing.'
… | 22nd September 2022 | Comment Activism UkraineUkraine Lab Nuclear dscf7777.jpg 'The … This article is published in partnership with Ukraine Lab . And while my impressions formed …
A decision by parties to an obscure Convention has huge implications for Europe's ageing nuclear reactors, writes Jan Haverkamp. Licence extensions must follow EIAs which compare the potential impacts to those of alternatives - including wind, solar and other renewables.
… | 9th June 2014 News Nuclear Energy rivne-ukraine-cut.jpg A decision by parties to an … policy, and the triggering issue was in Ukraine. No, it was not because of the G7 … in the shadow of the political problems in Ukraine. The G7 did not really address …
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight.
… March 2022 | Comment Nuclear Nuclear Power Ukraine Chernobyl Energy Editor’s Picks … Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian … past fortnight. Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian …
'If you could mine salt from their grief and tears, Slovyansk would be a leader of salt-making.'
… | 22nd September 2022 | Comment Activism UkraineUkraine Lab Nuclear dscf7734.jpg 'If you could … This article is published in partnership with Ukraine Lab and has been translated from …
Forest fires raging near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in north Ukraine are releasing a surge of airborne plutonium particles as radioactive twigs, branches and leaf litter burn.
… April 2015 News Nuclear Radiation Forests Ukraine Science forest-fire-us-cut.jpg Forest … Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in north Ukraine are releasing a surge of airborne … Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to Ukraine Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. "The …
The eruption of nuclear weapons into today's election campaign should ignite a real debate over the UK's Trident missile system, writes Oliver Tickell. The notion that the UK is more secure with nuclear weapons than without is a dangerous illusion. The truth is the reverse - they are far more likely to make the UK a nuclear target, than to protect it.
… is roundly accused of serious aggression in Ukraine and provocations that reach close to … Russia's borders. Second, what took place in Ukraine in February 2014 after several months … all the problems than have gone on to afflict Ukraine. So far around 1 million refugees have …
The drums of war are beating on the BBC and other mass media, writes Oliver Tickell - naked propaganda about fictitious 'Russian aggression' intended to soften us up for a war that could wipe out life on Earth. We must refuse to fall for the endlessly repeated lies, and tell our politicians that our highest priority of all is peace.
… power attacking sovereign nations, Ukraine in particular. And watch it - we're … Crimea - but of NATO's US-led annexation of Ukraine itself. No one to argue that Russia's … to expand right up to Russia's boundary with Ukraine, string its missile launchers along …
… blows Sasha Dovzhyk | 20th November 2019 News Ukraine Russia Chernobyl Nuclear Editor’s … and warmer nights. Coming to the capital of Ukraine for a mid-term break in the spring of … south towards Kyiv, the capital of Soviet Ukraine, where the annual Labour Day parade …
The Fukushima nuclear plant crisis appears less dangerous than the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – but the risk of radiation spreading wide remains
… An abandoned school in the Chernobyl area in Ukraine The Fukushima nuclear plant crisis … that set this apart from the catastrophe in Ukraine, even as the US Nuclear Regulatory … risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, …
Just as climate change deniers leap from scientific uncertainty over the precise impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to certainty of little or no impact at all, so 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' conflate uncertainty of the mortality arising from Chernobyl and other nuclear disasters to certainty of few if any deaths, writes Jim Green. Their position is equally indefensible.
… News Nuclear Health Science Radiation WMD Ukraine Belarus doll.jpg Just as climate … rates observed in contaminated areas in Ukraine; and more. So what else have we got? … doses in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Australian ' ecomodernist ' academic …
The world is in the grip of a massive wave of militarism of which most of us are blissfully ignorant, writes John Pilger. When did mainstream media last tell you about the US's $1 trillion nuclear weapon renewal? NATO's massive build up of military power on Russia's eastern frontier? The encirclement of China by nuclear-armed US bases? The world is at war. Pass it on!
… War Nuclear Media Politics USA China Russia Ukraine bikini-atoll-cut.jpg The world is in … such a demonstrable threat to Russia. Ukraine - once part of the Soviet Union - has … literally. Prominent parliamentary figures in Ukraine are the political descendants of the …
Belarus may have taken the brunt of the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, writes Kieran Cooke. But now it's pushing ahead with its own nuclear power station at Ostrovets - just 50km from Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, where the project is causing widespread public concern.
… from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, writes Kieran Cooke. But now it's … explosion at the Chernobyl power plant , in Ukraine but only a few kilometres from the …
Arsonists who started the fire have been arrested and will face heavy fines, according to the Ukrainian government.
… Fire Arson Nuclear Climate Change Radiation Ukraine Chernobyl chernobyl_reactor_4.jpg … to end the smouldering, the president of the Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in a …
The HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl' engaged our hearts - but not our minds. We need to shift focus from the USSR to the Western nuclear lobby.
… 1986, an accident occurred in northern Ukraine that revealed once again that all the … in the most contaminated villages in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Their illness and … radioactive fallout occurred outside Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. By way of illustration, …
The stricken 4th reactor at Chernobyl presents a massive long term hazard, writes Kendra Ulrich. A planned €2.15 billion containment arch remains underfunded, and even if it's ever completed, it will only last 100 years. Meanwhile the intensely radioactive nuclear fuel will remain in place representing a long term risk of further huge radiation releases.
… 27th April 2015 News Nuclear Energy Radiation Ukraine Health chernobyl-5-6-outside-cut.jpg … Chernobyl reactor unit 4, located in the Ukraine. Its graphite core burned for ten …
The French government is championing energy giants EDF and Areva as they try to build their nuclear businesses around the world
… risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, … controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry …
Thirty years since the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl the impacts are still being felt, writes Ian Fairlie, and they will persist long into the future. Some 40,000 cancer deaths can be expected across Europe over the next 50 years, and 5 million people still living in areas highly contaminated with radiation. Yet the nuclear madness continues, with even Belarus building new nuclear reactors.
… 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Radiation Health Ukraine Belarus chernobyl-toys-cut.jpg Thirty … more expected 5 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia still live in highly …
Thanks to an increasingly aggressive US foreign policy pursued over decades, NATO nuclear missiles and armed forces are poised on Russia's border, writes Conn Hallinan - forcing it to abandon its 'no first use of nuclear weapons' pledge in view of the massively asymmetrical threat it faces. The world must step back from the brink of nuclear annihilation.
… coup against the pro-Russian government in Ukraine, it ignited the current crisis that … Moscow's 'aggression' against Georgia and Ukraine was provoked. Georgia attacked Russia, not vice versa, and the Ukraine coup torpedoed a peace deal negotiated …
Britain's nuclear bomb test veterans suffered severe genetic damage from radiation, writes Chris Busby, and their case for compensation is being heard in the High Court today. Key to their case is evidence of similar damage inflicted on in utero babies exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster, and how the dreadful health impacts of radiation cascade down to future generations.
… News Nuclear Energy WMD Health Law Science UK Ukraine Russia Belarus op_hurricane-cut.jpg … Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Egypt, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Italy, the UK, …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
… with the reckless nuclear posturing over Ukraine. 'The 1996 advisory opinion by the … no international impact when South Africa and Ukraine abandoned nuclear weapons.' Neither …