The book “Voices from Chernobyl” was published in 1997 by Belarusian journalist and essayist Svetlana Alexievich and based on interviews between 1994 and 1996 with various people affected by the Chernobyl accident. Although some consequences are accurately represented, the author mixes personal experiences and rumors, painting a picture that falls far from the scientific truth. … Continued

The risk of a major nuclear accident is extremely low. The reactors have been permanently shut down since 2000, making any core fusion accident related to a nuclear chain reaction impossible. Spent fuel has been removed and is stored in dedicated facilities, where it is kept in safe conditions. The main issues are no longer … Continued

The comparison should distinguish between immediate deaths, short-term attributed deaths, long-term projections, and total number of people affected. In Chernobyl, UNSCEAR recorded 2 immediate deaths and 134 cases of acute radiation syndrome, with 28 deaths in 1986 among these 134 people [1]. In 2005, WHO reported that fewer than 50 deaths were then directly attributed to radiation, while retaining up … Continued

The film Rembrandt repeatedly refers to the book “Voices from Chernobyl,” published in 1997 by Belarusian journalist and essayist Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature. This book is a compendium of monologues based on interviews conducted by Alexievich between 1994 and 1996 with people from various backgrounds who lived through the … Continued

This article is almost entirely from a twitter thread published by Mickael Mangeon (@mangeon4). History of the power plant construction After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagazaki (1945) and the end of the US occupation of Japan (1952), the Japanese embarked on civilian nuclear power as part of the US “Atoms for peace” program … Continued

After these accidents, some claimed that there were tens or hundreds of thousands of fatalities. While these accidents undoubtedly disrupted the lives of the populations concerned, scientific studies have not demonstrated such a massive health impact due to radiation exposure. The case of Chernobyl For Chernobyl (1986), the UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the … Continued

Two nuclear accidents with very different causes The Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011) accidents are similar only in that they both involved civilian nuclear reactors and resulted in the dispersion of radioactive elements into the environment. Neither the technology of the reactors involved, nor the nature of the accidents were similar. The case of Chernobyl … Continued

While both disasters led to the release of radioactive products into the environment, the area and level of contamination were greater at Chernobyl. Two phenomena took place simultaneously: the increase in exposure to radioactivity of local species and the departure of human populations from these areas. At Chernobyl, during the acute phase of the accident, … Continued