"The threat of a new Chernobyl"

Andrei Sannikov (exiled, former Belarusian presidential candidate and diplomat): "this piece was written long before the explosion of nuclear-powered missile engine near Russia's Severodvinsk." (Analysis Belarus, August 15, 2019)

"A lie is as dangerous as radiation, and they are both not immediately visible."



Upnorth.eu: "The threat of a new Chernobyl" (Analysis Belarus, August 15, 2019)
https://upnorth.eu/the-threat-of-a-new-chernobyl/?fbclid=IwAR0Zs2HYRacoez3py0_NH9JgKDPa3lccBMQhgGXluZ6zSqykT4hpVct5Q24
"Chernobyl is still very much with us, and the effects of the disaster will remain for thousands of generations. The half-life of plutonium-239 that was released by the reactor is more than 24 000 years. The aftermath is still scary and was not dealt with properly in the former USSR, nor in the countries that regained independence after its collapse, which were also affected by radioactive fallout: Belarus, Ukraine, Russia. Even the concrete sarcophagus that was built to stop radioactive fallout, is on the verge of collapsing. It needs to be dismantled, which is a very dangerous process.

Despite all the dangers, past, present and future of that nuclear facility, another potential Chernobyl is being constructed today on the territory of Belarus that suffered most from the fallout.

Furthermore, it is being constructed by the same “specialists” from Russia, “Rosatom”,  that built and put into operation the nuclear power plant (NPP) in Chernobyl, and carelessly experimented with it in  a way that led to the tragedy."

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