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Exploring the world’s most notorious ghost towns and their haunted histories
1 month, 1 week ago

Exploring the world’s most notorious ghost towns and their haunted histories

Hindustan Times  

There are a large number of historic sites and forts that have been abandoned or destroyed. Some of these infamous ghost towns across the globe are: Craco, Italy The Italian city of Craco, which was built at a height of 1,312 feet, was abandoned following several natural calamities. Hashima Island, Japan Hashima Island was a colony of mine workers and …

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What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened
1 year, 8 months ago

What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

The Independent  

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Chernobyl after 35 years: 10 chilling images reveal scars left behind by nuclear disaster
3 years, 8 months ago

Chernobyl after 35 years: 10 chilling images reveal scars left behind by nuclear disaster

Firstpost  

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster took place on 26 April, 1986 - exactly 35 years ago. Image credit: Ian Bancroft/Flickr Over the next few months, a total of two million people are believed to have been relocated as a result of the accident. Image credit: Carpetblogger/Flickr Two plant workers died as a direct result of the explosion, and 28 firemen and …

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The guards caring for Chernobyl's abandoned dogs
3 years, 8 months ago

The guards caring for Chernobyl's abandoned dogs

BBC  

The guards caring for Chernobyl's abandoned dogs Sean Gallup/Getty Images Hundreds of stray dogs roam the Exclusion Zone around the abandoned Chernobyl Power Station The descendants of pets abandoned by those fleeing the Chernobyl disaster are now striking up a curious relationship with humans charged with guarding the contaminated area. Chernobyl Guards/Jonathon Turnbull Some dogs living in the Exclusion Zone …

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Life lessons from the history of lockdowns
4 years, 9 months ago

Life lessons from the history of lockdowns

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a national lockdown for 21 days is an unprecedented decision in Indian history. However, it is important to understand that modernity coupled with globalization has created its own dark side: pandemics like SARS and coronavirus, global terrorism and modern technological disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima can have a worldwide impact. London’s great plague of …

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Chernobyl's radiation legacy: Zombie reactors and an invisible enemy
5 years, 4 months ago

Chernobyl's radiation legacy: Zombie reactors and an invisible enemy

ABC  

As the Soviet Union grappled with the scale of the disaster unfolding at Chernobyl, radioactive material spewed into the environment. Closer to the site of the disaster, parts of the area still remain so heavily contaminated that a 2,600-square-kilometre "zone of alienation" remains in place around the reactor. Azby Brown, the lead researcher with Safecast, said many of the hardest-hit …

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Dark tourism: What is drawing thousands to Chernobyl and Cambodia’s killing fields?
5 years, 6 months ago

Dark tourism: What is drawing thousands to Chernobyl and Cambodia’s killing fields?

The Independent  

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Secrets of Chernobyl spill out more than three decades after the nuclear disaster
5 years, 6 months ago

Secrets of Chernobyl spill out more than three decades after the nuclear disaster

LA Times  

Seated in a jeep and clutching a screeching Geiger counter, Lt. Col. Viktor Chershnev led a convoy of 30 military trucks through the center of sleeping Kiev. The measuring device was sounding off loudly on that night 33 years ago, not because of the convoy’s cargo — 30 antiaircraft missiles, three of them tipped with nuclear warheads — but because …

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How does HBO's series Chernobyl differ from real events?
5 years, 6 months ago

How does HBO's series Chernobyl differ from real events?

ABC  

By now you've probably heard of HBO's haunting mini-series Chernobyl. In a podcast explaining each episode in the series, Mazin said he did not want to do "the Boris and Natasha" and "the Russian accent can turn comic with very little effort". "He knew a lot about radiation, and the chemistry of radioactive materials, but he was not really an …

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Chernobyl suddenly becomes visitor hotspot
5 years, 6 months ago

Chernobyl suddenly becomes visitor hotspot

CNN  

CNN — It was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, but three decades later Chernobyl is emerging as one of the planet’s hottest tourism tickets after a new TV series. Liam Daniel/HBO Although “Chernobyl” was mainly filmed in Lithuania, its success has seen demand for tours of the area near the infamous Ukrainian site increase by around a …

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Visiting Chernobyl? Here's what to do and what not to do at the infamous nuclear disaster site
5 years, 7 months ago

Visiting Chernobyl? Here's what to do and what not to do at the infamous nuclear disaster site

ABC  

As HBO's Chernobyl miniseries wrapped up in Australia this week, there were reports the number of tour bookings to the site of the worst nuclear accident in human history was skyrocketing. Key points: The disaster happened on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Tourists visiting the site should strictly follow safety procedures and be aware …

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Chernobyl: What it's like to visit the nuclear disaster zone
5 years, 8 months ago

Chernobyl: What it's like to visit the nuclear disaster zone

The Independent  

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Otter spotted in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, as wildlife continues to thrive
5 years, 11 months ago

Otter spotted in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, as wildlife continues to thrive

Daily Mail  

Wildlife is thriving in Chernobyl, as scientists discover an otter roaming in the Exclusion Zone surrounding the nuclear power plant that exploded in 1986. Among the wildlife spotted was eagles, minks and river otters Associate professor James Beaseley at the University of Georgia, said: 'These animals were photographed while scavenging fish carcasses placed on the shoreline of rivers and canals …

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