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HotSpots H2O: River Dredging Near Chernobyl Risks Radioactive Water Contamination

The dredging of the Pripyat and Dnieper rivers to allow larger ships to pass through began earlier this year at eight different sites, four of which are just a few miles from the remains of the nuclear disaster. The work is meant to restore a 1,240-mile international waterway, known as E40, through Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine, linking the Baltic and Black seas. It would be Europe’s longest inland waterway, 25 times longer than the Panama canal. An analysis completed by the French nonprofit organization, Acro, with research from the Frankfurt Zoological Society, found that the construction of the waterway will pose an especially high risk to construction workers and people living downstream. It highlighted that millions of Ukrainians depend on both the water and irrigated food that comes from the Dnieper River, where bottom sediments are entirely contaminated from the Chernobyl disaster. The International Atomic Energy Agency strongly advises leaving these sediments in place to av

River dredging near Chernobyl could send radioactive waste into water table, scientists warn

River dredging near Chernobyl could send radioactive waste into water table, scientists warn Salon 12/29/2020 © Provided by Salon Chernobyl; nuclear radiation A sign warning of radiation, taken in Pripyat, Ukraine, April 2017. OVER 30 years after the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the city of Pripyat is exactly as it was the day it was evacuated. On the afternoon of April 27, 1986 a population of almost 50,000 abandoned the city following a catastrophic nuclear accident. Andreas Jansen / Barcroft Media via Getty Images In 1986, a reactor accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine led to an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction that is still considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in history. The fallout from the Chernobyl explosion has made hundreds of square miles around the now-uninhabited town a veritable dead zone, void of humans. 

Dredging Near Chernobyl Disaster Site Raises Radioactive Contamination Concerns

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