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Russian Fires Transport Lingering Chernobyl Radiation
August 13, 2010
EarthWeek.com
The massive firestorms that have raged across western Russia have burned some of the vegetation that has stored radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
While officials say there have been no reports of increased levels of radioactivity, nuclear contaminants have been transported by billowing clouds of smoke.
“There is no reason for panic,” forest agency head Alexei Bobrinsky told AFP.
The deputy head of the firefighting effort says that the bulk of the radioactive debris has seeped into the lower levels of soil during the past 20 years.
Satellite Image
Flames travel along the floor of a forest in an area contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion.
The massive firestorms that have raged across western Russia have burned some of the vegetation that has stored radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
While officials say there have been no reports of increased levels of radioactivity, nuclear contaminants have been transported by billowing clouds of smoke.
“There is no reason for panic,” forest agency head Alexei Bobrinsky told AFP.
The deputy head of the firefighting effort says that the bulk of the radioactive debris has seeped into the lower levels of soil during the past 20 years.
The Russian chapter of Greenpeace also says the danger from radiation is insignificant. But authorities have cordoned off the contaminated forests.
Strong winds finally cleared the smoke from Moscow as the blistering heat remained. Fatalities in the Russian capital had doubled due to the air pollution.
Photo: Mikhail Metzel
August 13, 2010
EarthWeek.com
The massive firestorms that have raged across western Russia have burned some of the vegetation that has stored radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
While officials say there have been no reports of increased levels of radioactivity, nuclear contaminants have been transported by billowing clouds of smoke.
“There is no reason for panic,” forest agency head Alexei Bobrinsky told AFP.
The deputy head of the firefighting effort says that the bulk of the radioactive debris has seeped into the lower levels of soil during the past 20 years.
Satellite Image
Flames travel along the floor of a forest in an area contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion.
The massive firestorms that have raged across western Russia have burned some of the vegetation that has stored radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
While officials say there have been no reports of increased levels of radioactivity, nuclear contaminants have been transported by billowing clouds of smoke.
“There is no reason for panic,” forest agency head Alexei Bobrinsky told AFP.
The deputy head of the firefighting effort says that the bulk of the radioactive debris has seeped into the lower levels of soil during the past 20 years.
The Russian chapter of Greenpeace also says the danger from radiation is insignificant. But authorities have cordoned off the contaminated forests.
Strong winds finally cleared the smoke from Moscow as the blistering heat remained. Fatalities in the Russian capital had doubled due to the air pollution.
Photo: Mikhail Metzel
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