Chernobyl: the nature she already takes her rights?

[Obamot]

Errare humanum is perseverare diabolicum

[raymon]

I had forgotten the futura link:
http://www.futura-sciences.com/magazine ... sme-11837/

[moinsdewatt]

The solar challenge of Ukraine for Chernobyl

AFP 07 / 08 / 2016

Chernobyl, theater of the worst nuclear disaster in history, transformed into a gigantic solar park? This is the bet of the Ukrainian authorities, who rely on this strong symbol to attract foreign investors.

The project may seem surreal to those who have kept the memory of the Chernobyl drama and the disastrous consequences it had brought for any form of life.

The 26 April 1986, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, located in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, explodes, contaminating much of Europe. And within a radius of 10 kilometers around the plant, closed in 2000, the level of radiation always reaches 1.700 nanosieverts per hour, a 10 figure 35 times higher than the norm observed in the United States.

"Of course this territory is not suitable for agricultural use, but the area is suitable for innovation and research projects", justifies the Minister of Ecology, Ostap Semerak, in an interview with AFP .

- 6.000 hectares available -

By the end of the year, two private companies are to build two solar power plants up to 3 megawatts each. They will be installed on an area of ​​approximately 6 hectares.

This is little compared to some 4.000 megawatts produced by Chernobyl in Soviet times, but it is planned to install other solar panels from 2017.

The authorities indicated that a total of 6.000 hectares located in the "exclusion zone", which lies within a radius of 30 kilometers around the hilly site, were available to build the solar park, without specifying how much energy they expected. produce.

Currently, about 50% of electricity is produced in Ukraine by nuclear power plants and about 40% by thermal power plants, mainly supplied with coal. Hydroelectric facilities provide about 7% of electricity and solar panels less than 1%.

"Many international companies are interested in this project. I think that in the event of successful negotiations the projects can be launched next year", rejoices Mr. Semerak.

He believes that foreign companies will be attracted by skilled labor and that land in the Chernobyl area remains very cheap, as it can not be used for agriculture.

Thirty years after the disaster, the area, which has been abandoned by its inhabitants if it is not a hundred elderly people returned after the tragedy, has also turned into a unique reserve where thrive wild animals and flora.

The Minister of Ecology has already presented the project to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Berd). At the end of July, the latter indicated that it could "consider participating in the project from the moment when viable investment proposals are made" and responses provided concerning environmental risks.

- 'A lot of money' -

For analysts, the project appears "technically" viable.

"The climatic conditions and the amount of solar radiation are better in Ukraine than in Germany, where solar energy is widespread. From this point of view, the exclusion zone is suitable for solar energy," Dmytro says. Loukomski, executive director of the Ukrainian company Rentechno, specializing in renewable energies.

In addition, the infrastructure inherited from the hilly power plant, including high-voltage lines, are still on site and usable, which is a significant asset.

"This is a very important factor, given that the electricity produced by solar parks must be transported to consumers", says the expert.

He adds, however, that the project "is going to require a lot of money". "If investors get involved, then the prospects are quite good. Without investors, the chances of success are slim," he said.

And between the armed conflict in the rebel east of Ukraine, which has made more than 9.500 dead since its outbreak in April 2014, political instability, and especially the rampant corruption prevailing in the country, Ukraine is not not on the front line for investments.

"In general, the climate (for business, editor's note) is not attractive," summarizes energy expert Oleksi Khabatiouk.

http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/le ... 5780c5283b

[Obamot]

"In terms of exposure to radioactivity, there is no threshold of safety"
https://youtu.be/VAp9PTniAs4?t=4m1s

That's what I said since the beginning of this thread, which is confirmed!

And this nuclear pollution - potentially a carrier of cancer, even years after the exposure - can be found anywhere and arrive in our assortments without our noticing, deadly silent pollution:
https://youtu.be/VAp9PTniAs4?t=2m28s

[moinsdewatt]

22 / 04 / 2016 batiactu.com
The assembly of the Chernobyl containment that will come to cap the concrete sarcophagus, built urgently in 1986, continues under the leadership of Bouygues and Vinci construction groups. The non-standard mobile building will be pushed into place at the end of the year and sealed in 2017 so that the dismantling work on the 4 unit can take place safely.

http://www.batiactu.com/edito/tchernoby ... -44676.php


The Chernobyl Arch, inside:


Part of the teams gathered under the containment arch;
in the background, the Chernobyl power station, whose intact 3 reactors still work © Novarka

The Ark of confinement in a few figures:
257 range meters
162 meters of length covered
108 meters high
86.000 m² exterior cladding
20.000 m3 foundation concrete
25.000 tons of framing + 11.000 tons of equipment
100 years of expected life
-43 ° C to + 45 ° C thermal amplitude
Resistance to class 3 tornadoes and 6 magnitude seismic shocks (Mercalli scale)
1.220 Ukrainian Workers Present On Site Simultaneously + 220 Expatriate Workers
5 million hours of engineering
17 million working hours

http://www.batiactu.com/edito/tchernoby ... -44676.php

Well then it is soon that they push the vault?

[Obamot]

But since some kill themselves to repeat that "It would not be dangerous", why such a sarcophagus at> 3 billion euros?

[Remundo]

to make a toboggan when it will not be dangerous anymore

[Obamot]

It's expensive tobbogan, I note the image ...

The toboggan (or "bugging rate") in statistics, it is not one that makes you believe that dangerousness decreases while it accumulates?

It is a bit of the order of the Coué Method, or for the followers of the nuclear sect:self-fulfilling prophecies "...

[moinsdewatt]

The American dream of Chernobyl dogs



Volunteers at the US Clean Cultures Fund (CFF) take care of stray dogs in a hospital near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 8 June 2018 in Ukraine / © AFP / Sergei SUPINSKY

Barking and yelping break the calm surrounding Chernobyl: in the area irradiated by the worst nuclear accident in history, stray dogs are preparing for a new life in the United States.

Thirty years ago, the long building from which these sounds come served as a "disinfection center" for the employees of the plant, who changed there after their work and underwent sanitary treatment.

Today, it has become a hospital for stray dogs that is full of the exclusion zone surrounding the hilly power station within a radius of 30 kilometers, almost uninhabited since the tragedy occurred in 1986.

An adoption project for these animals was launched by the US Clean Cultures Fund (CFF). Co-founder Lucas Hixson, who first came to Chernobyl in 2013 as a radiation specialist, was surprised by the number of dogs in the area and ended up adopting one last year.

Her pet's name is "Dva" (two in Ukrainian), referring to the fact that he is the second Chernobyl dog to be adopted. But CFF volunteers hope another 200 will meet a similar fate over the next two years.
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Apart from radiation, whose impact remains difficult to assess, dogs suffer from harsh winters, diseases and ... wolves roaming the exclusion zone, which has become a huge biological reserve.

These predators are responsible for a third of Chernobyl dog deaths in the last five years, says Apolonova.
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https://www.romandie.com/news/Le-reve-a ... 930485.rom

[izentrop]

These poor beasts did not care about radiation, they will lose their dear freedom to serve a master and eat croquettes all year.
Quelle vie de chien