This is a stunning set of
photographs by Robert Knoth, taken in the regions of Mayak, Semipalatinsk, Chernobyl, and Tomsk-7.
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posted by 327.ca
on Apr 22, 2006 -
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The BBC
reports that twenty years on "the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power station is teeming with life." Lynx, eagle owl, wild boars, horses, wolves—even signs of bears which haven't been seen here in centuries.
British scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock (recently
discussed here)
speculates whether "small volumes of nuclear waste from power production should be stored in tropical forests and other habitats in need of a reliable guardian against their destruction by greedy developers."
Lovelock
describes Chernobyl as "a nasty accident that took 45 lives." This article in the New Scientist
claims that that the death toll may ultimately reach 60,000.
posted by 327.ca
on Apr 21, 2006 -
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