Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike
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8 hours ago
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| cnn.com
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Molitor5901
7 hours ago
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This is deeply worrisome and brings to mind when Russia attacked Chernobyl, and then their soldiers got radiation poison digging latrine trenches etc. Let us dangerously hypothesize that if Confinement begins to fail catastrophically, who will step in to fix it? Russia? Is it.. possible Russia will allow the leak as a form of weapon?
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nick238
3 hours ago
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I get that Chernobyl is near the border of two countries at war, but why the everloving hell is anyone targeting anything within miles of the exclusion zone? Are there any military units anywhere near there, or is it intentionally being targeted as an oblique dirty-bomb threat?
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rich_sasha
2 hours ago
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The whole Russian invasion is one massive exercise in contempt for human life, Ukrainian and Russian. So I don't think they would care about the hole.
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scrubs
24 minutes ago
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Yup. Science/math/chess/music and literature to name a few are better with russians involved. Then there's the russian government: that's a problem. Their military subdues by shelling to bits civil targets come what may. Then there's the Ukranian POWs and kids ... the Russia gov doesn't give a cats whisker.
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explodes
1 hour ago
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There are certainly very real humans deciding if this target gets hit or not and why.
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tguvot
6 hours ago
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There is a hole. iirc it was somewhat patched with more temporary repairs next year. radiation levels are normal
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cheschire
2 hours ago
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> radiation levels are normal

Yeah, only 3.6 roentgen

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manyturtles
2 hours ago
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Not great, not terrible.
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