Russia’s wildfires – Death in the darkness for us all?

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As Russia continues to battle raging wildfires in 100-degree temperatures, environmentalists are raising a scary cause for concern: radioactive smoke courtesy of Chernobyl. Regions of western Russian remain contaminated with radioactive residue from the nuclear disaster 24 years ago, and now wildfires are threatening those regions, explains the New York Times.

“Fires on these territories will without a doubt lead to an increase in radiation,” says an official with Greenpeace Russia. “The smoke will spread and the radioactive traces will spread. The amount depends upon the force of the wind.” A government official warned last week of radioactive smoke, but today the nation’s top sanitary doctor is playing down the danger. “There is no need to sow panic. Everything is fine.”

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13 years ago

Originally I freaked out when I saw this article. However on doing some further study I find that the good doctor just may be right. Remember I’ve dealt with a lot of stuff you guys wouldn’t go near over the last 20 years. But here’s what I found about the levels of radiation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chernobylvsbombfallout.png

This graph shows that over a period of 27 years the levels of radioactivity are somewhere near background levels. These studies were done by Russian, Japanese and South Korean scientists.

However should the fires reach the plant itself and get inside the containment dome it would be a different story I’m sure.

13 years ago

The Strawbs wasn’t it?….”Burn baby burn, when yer gonna learn?”

Apparently BBQ spare rib sales are through the roof

13 years ago

Yours truly-ME
Lard Lake,CO
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13 years ago

“Everything is always fine” when bad shit happens in Russia.

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