Chernobyl disaster
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Chernobyl's liquidators didn’t pass on radiation damage to their childrenExposure to Chernobyl radiation increased the risk of thyroid cancer by breaking DNA strands, but the effects didn't carry to the next generation.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Former Chernobyl Neighbors Diagnosed with Rare Cancer Years Later, in NYCWASHINGTON — When 10 people in New York City were diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer during a four-year period, doctors were puzzled.
By Sara G. Miller Published
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Giant Steel Arch Will Cover Debris from Chernobyl ReactorA massive 32,000-ton, stainless steel arch — so large it could conceal the Statue of Liberty — is being constructed to cover what's left of a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl that exploded in 1986.
By Denise Chow Published
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Images: Chernobyl, Frozen in TimeThe world has moved on since the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, but at the heavily contaminated site, things haven't changed very much.
By Live Science Staff Published
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Chernobyl Trees Barely Decomposed, Study FindsBy Marc Lallanilla Published
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First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima RepeatThe U.S. has approved its first new reactors in more than three decades since it suffered a partial meltdown at Three Mile Island.
By Jeremy Hsu Published
