Nuclear Safety

Transgenerational mutational signature in offspring of former Chernobyl cleanup workers

Transgenerational mutational signature in offspring of former Chernobyl cleanup workers

Fabian Brand et.al. | Scientific Reports Journal   Researchers have found that DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is appearing in the children of those who were exposed—marking the first clear evidence of such effects being passed down across generations. Full journal article availableRead 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

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones   This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More

The Discharge of Fukushima's Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions

The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions

Pinar Demircan The author, Pınar Demircan (Ph.D. in sociology) is an independent researcher, Nukleersiz.org Coordinator and nuclear editor at Yesil Gazete. Her earlier articles on our website can be accessed here. The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions [1] Underlying the disregard for objectionsRead More