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Final Presentations of Projects 12/4 in class
3/20 Springtime in Chernobyl
NOTE: THESE ARE FAIRLY SCANT THIS WEEK. THE EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS WERE MUCH MORE INVOLVED AND THIS LECTURE IS MEANT TO BE MORE INTERACTIVE AND GEARED TOWARD PROJECT IDEAS AND THE DEBATE ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY.
Some articles about Chernobyl, nuclear threats, and nuclear energy
Some articles about Chernobyl, nuclear threats, and nuclear energy
Americans continue to express mixed views about nuclear power
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/23/americans-continue-to-express-mixed-views-about-nuclear-power/
Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?
A Brief History of Nuclear Accidents Worldwide
Published Oct 1, 2013
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/brief-history-nuclear-accidents-worldwide
Expansion of Clean Energy Loans Is ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Climate Bill
In Ukraine, a Nuclear Plant Held Hostage
US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design
Read in Ars Technica: https://apple.news/AkbQvcjdeSgG55zLJMDk4qQ
UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control’
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-science-accidents-d2e0077af104f2692b76f737c58e1984
‘Russian nuclear terror’: Ukraine atomic plant attacked again
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/fears-of-disaster-after-ukrainian-nuclear-plant-struck-again
Nuclear power plants are struggling to stay cool
Read in Ars Technica: https://apple.news/AhfBFTS3mSW6yHVjLxWKyZg
For the extreme optimists:
Ukraine begins to shut down the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as a safety measure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/europe/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-shutdown.html
Russia has detained the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s director general, its operator says.
UPDATES on Zaporizhia from 10/12 (the ORIGINAL day of this lecture)
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Russia says it is considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon with China
Read in Reuters: https://apple.news/AbWZOIRLWTG6nWl-I-kmRkA
U.S. Seeks to Boost Nuclear Power After Decades of Inertia
The Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking
Gray wolves in Northern Ukraine might be resistant to cancer : Short Wave : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/05/1198909263/cancer-wolves-ukraine-chernobyl-radiation
Chernobyl Wolves Resistant to Cancer Despite High Radiation Exposure
Strange Mutations in Stray Dogs Near Chernobyl Suggest They Are Rapidly Evolving
Radiation from the disaster area may have altered the animals’ genomes and sped up their evolution. ON APRIL 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine—then part of the Soviet Union—exploded, sending a massive plume of radiation into the sky. Nearly four decades later, the facility and much of the surrounding area remain abandoned—by humans, at least. Living among contaminated fauna are thousands of feral dogs, many of whom are descendants of pets left
Read in Popular Mechanics: https://apple.news/AP8QAe1ZhS7eCQaZ0ZpNj9A
The Worms of Chernobyl Have Apparently Conquered Radiation
In the aftermath of disaster, tiny creatures reveal their surprising genetic defenses.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a60165591/worms-chernobyl-radiation/
The Danger of the President’s Nuclear Powers
FORTY-FIVE FEET underground in a command center near Omaha, there’s an encrypted communications line that goes directly to the American president. To get to it, you need to pass through a guarded turnstile, two reinforced steel doors and a twisting hallway that leads to an ultrasecure room called the battle deck. It’s here, below the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command, or Stratcom, where military personnel stand by 24 hours a day awaiting a call the world hopes will never come: a direct order from their commander in chief — the president — to launch a nuclear attack...
And as always: Theres a podcast for that
And as always: Theres a podcast for that
Mazin appears as a PRO-nuclear power guest in part 2
Project possibility hi-light
Project possibility hi-light
A short film about turning waste from a river in Indonesia into raw materials for art and more:
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