Nuclear Age

Chernobyl’s Footprint in Bulgaria: Silence, Exposure, and the Collapse of Trust

Chernobyl’s Footprint in Bulgaria: Silence, Exposure, and the Collapse of Trust

Chernobyl’s Footprint in Bulgaria: Silence, Exposure, and the Collapse of Trust Hugo Dos Santos | Green European Journal Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Bulgaria remains deeply marked by that experience. As the only country in the socialist bloc to take no protective measures, it paid a heavy price.Read More

If you love this planet: An unapologetic argument for nuclear disarmament

If you love this planet: An unapologetic argument for nuclear disarmament

Original article: Aeon.co A peace activist’s harrowing account of nuclear war is a visceral case for disarmament In the wake of the Manhattan Project, humanity, for the first time in its existence, became eminently capable of its own destruction. And it’s a reality we’ve been living with ever since. InRead More

Breach of Chernobyl plant shield can no longer confine radiation: IAEA warns

Breach of Chernobyl plant shield can no longer confine radiation: IAEA warns

Christopher McFadden | MSN.com   Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) facility may have been compromised after a drone strike in February 2025, according to reports. The strike was likely an accident, but the drone carried a high-explosive warhead, creating a hole in the structure, starting a fire, and damaging theRead More

Radioactive shrimp: Caesium-137-contaminated shrimp in US stores

Radioactive shrimp: Caesium-137-contaminated shrimp in US stores

Ima Caldwell and agencies | The Guardian A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce found traces of the hazardous isotope Caesium-137 at 22 production facilities at the site, which includes businesses that export frozen seafood. The discovery, which has promptedRead More