Ukraine Marks Chernobyl Anniversary

[Irinka]

Ukraine Commemorates 16th Anniversary of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster...

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Ukraine

[Irinka]

"The Chernobyl accident: What happened"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...000/778477.stm

[ricardo]

Thanks for the leads irinka!

[Irinka]

This is the saddest kind of anniversary... If you read further, they mention that the cement grid that is covering the Nuclear Reactor is degrading and not very stable, they say that the radiation levels are rising again and Ukrainian government is begging the West for more money to keep this grid stabilized... It's scary, but this accident could happen all over again.

Irina

[ricardo]

Dear Irinka!
This is just one the fine examples of subtleties of world of politics where the real issues have no sympathetic ears and get swept aside for the benefit of self interest of the rich and powerful. Of course, this is not the only nuclear power station in peril, there is one in Bulgaria in danger of becoming another Chernobyl

[johncullen]

sellafield in northern england is a nuke reprocessing plant waiting to have a major accident. small accidents are hapending all the time there, and there is a major effort here to have it closed down, the irish sea is already contaminated from the waste. Hundreds of children from chernobly come here on holidays every summer to get healthy

[forest]

Ukraine should be asking Russia for aid, it was their reactor in the first place. My brother had children from Bylorus Minsk to stop with him , after their was some kind of scandal were high up bureaucrats were sending their own children even though they were healthy. I do not know if this still happens.