Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
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Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:40:16 +0300

Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan formerly the Soviet Unions primary nuclear weapons testing site.
He teaches schoolchildren about how bombs were tested, and how more than 30 years after the site was decommissioned the surrounding community is only beginning to comprehend radiations lasting deadly effects.
Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and the long shadow of a nuclear conflict across the region, Dmitry debates Kazakhstans nuclear future with its next generatio Continue reading...
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