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NEWS ABOUT: Chernobyl

Chernobyl stories: 4 news summaries

 Chernobyl Exchange Teen
  Demands to Stay in US

Furious Belarus officials call California host family 'kidnappers'

Sep 8, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chernobyl exchange teen who doesn’t want to leave her host California family has infuriated Belarus officials, who are demanding her return. Tanya Kazyra, 16, has spent the last nine summers with a Petaluma family as part of a humanitarian exchange health program for children suffering the effects of... More »

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Belarus • Chernobyl • exchange student • humanitarian organizations • diplomatic ties

OPINION

For Nuke Cues, Look to France

US could benefit much from French approach to nuclear power, Times columnist writes

Jan 24, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Her name is Anne Lauvergeon, but because she’s spearheaded France’s nuclear revolution, commentators call her “Atomic Anne.” And the US desperately needs someone like her, writes the New York Times’ Roger Cohen. Thanks to Lauvergeon’s advocacy, France has thrown aside nuclear jitters, and now gets... More »

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climate change • nuclear power • coal • France • Chernobyl • Anne Lauvergeon • nuclear power plant • Atomic Anne

Ukraine to Cover Chernobyl in Steel

Radioactive site still contains 95% of its nuclear material

Sep 17, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The crumbling concrete that has encased Chernobyl for over 20 years is about to be replaced. In a deal worth $1.4 billion, a French firm will cover the aging nuclear reactor with steel, the BBC reports. Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko declared today the day "a solution to the... More »

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nuclear reactor • nuclear waste • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Chernobyl

World's 10 Most Polluted Places

Presenting the world's most polluted places.

Sep 16, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Millions around the world live in soot-blackened cities and toxic wastelands. Time offers a reverse travel guide to the most polluted places on Earth:
  1. Linfen, China
  2. Tianjin, China
  3. Sukinda, India
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China • environment • travel • pollution • list • lead poisoning • Ukraine • Linfen • Chernobyl

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