Going nuclear? Think again
TWO decades ago last week, the world witnessed its worst nuclear disaster at the Ukraine nuclear reactor site, Chernobyl, then part of the Soviet Union. Twenty years on, the environment is still contaminated, especially in the socalled "exclusion zone", 30km around the plant. This inc...
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| author | Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
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| description | TWO decades ago last week, the world witnessed its worst nuclear disaster at the Ukraine nuclear
reactor site, Chernobyl, then part of the Soviet Union.
Twenty years on, the environment is still contaminated, especially in the socalled
"exclusion zone", 30km
around the plant.
This includes plants, animals, trees, groundwater sources and also hundreds of abandoned vehicles, ranging
from Sovietmade
Lada cars to helicopters that were used to fight the blazing reactors. |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | usm-334302017-04-20T02:21:29Z http://eprints.usm.my/33430/ Going nuclear? Think again Abd Razak, Dzulkifli TD878-894 Special types of environment. Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution TWO decades ago last week, the world witnessed its worst nuclear disaster at the Ukraine nuclear reactor site, Chernobyl, then part of the Soviet Union. Twenty years on, the environment is still contaminated, especially in the socalled "exclusion zone", 30km around the plant. This includes plants, animals, trees, groundwater sources and also hundreds of abandoned vehicles, ranging from Sovietmade Lada cars to helicopters that were used to fight the blazing reactors. 2006-04-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33430/1/DZUL331.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2006) Going nuclear? Think again. -Comment New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | TD878-894 Special types of environment. Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Going nuclear? Think again |
| title | Going nuclear? Think again |
| title_full | Going nuclear? Think again |
| title_fullStr | Going nuclear? Think again |
| title_full_unstemmed | Going nuclear? Think again |
| title_short | Going nuclear? Think again |
| title_sort | going nuclear? think again |
| topic | TD878-894 Special types of environment. Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/33430/ http://eprints.usm.my/33430/1/DZUL331.pdf |