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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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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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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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