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Fukushima’s Nuclear Samurai

Fukushima’s Nuclear Samurai

Fukushima, Videos September 27, 2020 at 7:19 am 0 comments

After a devastating earthquake hit off the coast of Japan, what would follow would be a devastating tsunami that nearly leveled the nuclear reactor at Fukushima. In order for the nuclear plant to keep from exploding, brave scientists decided it was their duty to stay and work in shifts 24 hours a day until the nuclear reactor could be sustained and repaired. Check out this incredible story of selflessness and bravery, in the true way of the samurai!

Did you know that Cuban doctors helped save Chernobyl’s children? Watch this webinar to know more

Did you know that Cuban doctors helped save Chernobyl’s children? Watch this webinar to know more

Did you know that Cuban doctors helped save Chernobyl’s children? See the deeply moving Cuban feature film A Translator (Un Traductor) that tells their story, available beginning Friday, July 10, for virtual screening with English subtitles.

(Re)Placing Chernobyl: Zoom Seminar Video

(Re)Placing Chernobyl: Zoom Seminar Video

Chernobyl, Videos July 5, 2020 at 11:34 pm 0 comments

On the 14th of May, 2020, a webinar (Re)Placing Chernobyl zoomed in on the popular HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” (2019) to explore the politics of aesthetics, the power of TV mediation of scientific expertise and the wide-ranging impacts of this cultural representation of the disaster. In the context of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, questions of public trust in science and the role of scientific experts in governance have returned to the forefront. The discussion roundtable gathered prominent scholars, artists and cultural producers to unpack the complexities that emerged in process of staging the Chernobyl disaster in the twenty first century.

COVID-19 Pandemic May Threaten Nuclear Reactor Disaster: Plant Workers

COVID-19 Pandemic May Threaten Nuclear Reactor Disaster: Plant Workers

Latest April 11, 2020 at 11:05 pm 0 comments

The COVID Pandemic has thrown America’s atomic reactor industry into lethal chaos, making a major disaster even more likely. Reports from “terrified” workers at a Pennsylvania reactor indicate vital precautions needed to protect them may not even be possible.