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The stupid mistakes that lead to Chernobyl nuclear disaster
The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was undoubtedly the worst nuclear disaster in history. The Chernobyl disaster claimed 30 lives directly and, according to many experts, thousands ...
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29 photos of nature winning the battle against civilization in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl
The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in ...
It is thought that as many as five million people were exposed to some sort of health hazard following the Chernobyl disaster. The latest Russian research, carried out by Victor Chizhikov at the ...
A recent study has confirmed that the Chernobyl radiation disaster caused DNA mutations in the children of workers exposed to ...
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Chernobyl radiation caused DNA mutations in workers’ children, study confirms decades later
Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the children of exposed fathers. By focusing on radiation-specific mutation ...
They found an average of 2.65 clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs) per child, compared to 0.88 cDNMs in children of unexposed parents.
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