Spikes in Radioactivity at Chernobyl Prompt Fears of Future Accident

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Scientists have picked up signs that nuclear activity at the Chernobyl nuclear plant is stepping up, but it is unclear exactly how.

The nuclear plant, located in northern Ukraine, was the site of the world's worst-ever nuclear accident in 1986 when a runaway nuclear reaction partially destroyed a reactor unit.

The subsequent fire and exposed reactor released massive amounts of radiation into the environment, so authorities covered the entire unit with a large dome sometimes called the "sarcophagus" to prevent radiation from escaping.

The sarcophagus was eventually replaced by a new containment system called the New Safe Confinement structure, which was only completed in 2019.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spikes-in-radioactivity-at-chernobyl-prompt-fears-of-future-accident/ar-BB1gzHAv

[HariSeldon]

1. Wow this reporting is atrocious

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Honestly, due to the inverse square law, radiation from the site is not and was not the problem. The problem was (especially airborne) radioactive isotopes, and the localized radiation only insofar as it impeded containing those isotopes.

The current situation is looking to see if somehow the corium left over is managing to go critical -- and I'll leave any explanation how that could occur to knowledgeable people like NNadir -- and if that could lead to any event that would reduce the effectiveness of the containment steps previously taken or planned for the future.

Not blaming you, YMBL...just throwing some shade at today's idea of journalism.

[Eko]

2. Yes, radiation was not a problem,

just radioactive isotopes. Totally different lol.