Reactor Accidents Archives

Video of today's NIRS webinar, Chernobyl +30: A Look from the Inside, with Lucas Hixson. Mr. Hixson recently traveled to Ukraine and visited the Chernobyl site. He takes us from the moment reactor Unit 4 failed on April 26, the aftermath, and the ongoing mitigation work, up to his own recent experiences living with today’s workers at the site of one of the largest man-made radioactive releases on the planet. Slides only from presentation.

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April 16, 2016

New report from Green Cross: The Financial Costs of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: A Review of the Literature

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April 15, 2016

"The Other Report on Chernobyl" (TORCH), commissioned by Rebecca Harms, Member of European Parliament for Chernobyl+20 conference.

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April 6, 2016

Audio file (mp3) of NIRS’ telebriefing featuring Fairewind Associates’ Arnie Gundersen and NIRS’ Mary Olson discussing their recent five-week trip to Japan on the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Nuclear Risks of the Ukraine Conflict and Why the U.S. MUST Sanction Russian Nuclear

NIRS Stands with the People of Ukraine

Chernobyl Resource Page

40 Years Later: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster

NIRS Statement at Three Mile Island 40th Anniversary Press Conference

40 Years After Three Mile Island: Nuclear Declining, Renewables Surging Past

Audio file (mp3) of NIRS’ telebriefing featuring Fairewind Associates’ Arnie Gundersen and NIRS’ Mary Olson discussing their recent five-week trip to Japan on the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. /wp-content/uploads/2016/04/telebrief_20160405_fukushima.mp3

Audio file (mp3) of NIRS’ telebriefing featuring Fairewind Associates’ Arnie Gundersen and NIRS’ Mary Olson discussing their recent five-week trip to Japan on the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.