About the April 28 Fire at Chernobyl - Still Raging
A large forest fire approaches the radioactive ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
From Dr. Leuren Moret’s website [ http://leurenmoret.info ]
Articles, Videos, Scientific Papers, & Other Evidence Pertaining to the Ramifications of the April 28, 2015 Chernobyl Fire Event – has maps, grahics
http://leurenmoret.info/waves/gallery–chernobyl-fire-/index.html
Radiation map graphic from NETC.com
The fire is stirring up radioactive particles and it is already affecting the US.
From satellite photos – by April 30 the Chernobyl fire had burned IN THE EXCLUSION ZONE WHERE IT STARTED AND BURNED THE HIGHEST RAD LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION MAX EXPOSURE:
1,769 km sq
1,276,900 hectares
3,155,288.6 acres
4,930 km sq
The fire had already burned up over 3 million acres by April 30. This Sky Truth article says the smoke plume is headed toward Europe.
Sky Truth blog, April 30, 2015 – Wildfire Near Chernobyl
http://blog.skytruth.org/2015/04/wildfire-near-chernobyl.html
The article features MODIS satellite imagery and smoke plume maps.
RT News – Chernobyl fire: Kiev claims no radiation threat, experts ring alarm bells (has video)
http://rt.com/news/254869-chernobyl-fire-radioactive-ukraine/
Heavily contaminated smoke is shown in this video report: http://youtu.be/6Hlw4uBWA5c
ENE-NEWS: Massive fire ‘dangerously close’ to Chernobyl plant: Just 3 miles from nuclear waste — Official: “Risks are high” — Evacuations underway — Experts: “Smoke is heavily contaminated… could see dispersion of very significant component of original radiation”; “Capable of spreading great distances” (VIDEO)
Powerpoint: images for Fetzer interview (May 1, 2015) on Chernobyl fire: Leuren Moret Power Point <– many photos and graphics
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Some additional information will get put into comments to this post.
Related:
Fire Evolution in the Radioactive Forests of Ukraine and Belarus: Future Risks for the Population and the Environment
http://www.academia.edu/11826393/Fire_Evolution_in_the_Radioactive_Forests_of_Ukraine_and_Belarus_Future_Risks_for_the_Population_and_the_Environment
From Environment International:
Wildfires in Chernobyl-contaminated forests and risks to the population and the environment: A new nuclear disaster about to happen?
“An important factor in our simulations was the emission factor of 137Cs after a fire event, namely the fraction that will be emitted compared to what is present on the ground or in the biomass. Yoschenko et al. (2006) reported that this fraction is 4% conducting fire experiments in Chernobyl (small, controlled fires) and measuring budgets. Amiro et al. (1996) found that the emission factor ranges between 20 and 100% depending on the temperature of burning of straw, pine and aspen. Horrill et al. (1995) performed experiments for heather burning and found that 10–40% of137Cs would be emitted After heather fires depending again on the temperature (12% after a cool burning and 39% after a hot burning). Finally, Piga (2010) performed similar fire experiments in an artificial experimental site using contaminated wood as fuel finding a redistribution of approximately 10% for 137Cs. Beyond biomass, the fate of 137Cs deposited in the soil and how much would escape to the atmosphere after a fire event are of major importance. Cesium-137 is accumulated in the top-soil layer (Yablokov et al., 2009) and remains there for many years (presenting small migration velocities, Lujanieneo et al., 2002). It presents a low boiling point (669 °C) and it is lost in the smoke even when located in the soil through volatilization. Paliouris et al. (1995) showed that the redistribution from soil is more than 20% in North American boreal forests.”
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2014_evangeliou_n001.pdf
Ukrainian environmentalists call to abandon use of nuclear plants
HERE IS THE ABSOLUTE PROOF THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH MOX FUEL IN UKRAINE – THE CAUSE OF FUKUSHIMA.
EXCERPT:
Earlier, Energoatom, an operator of Ukraine’ nuclear plants, said the second unit of the Khmelnitsky nuclear plant would be tested in the load following regime in a period from April 21 to May 11. It means that in period of lower electricity consumption the unit’s capacity will be reduced from 1,000 to 750 megawatt. The company said it was a “routine world practice.”
Apart from that, according to Maiboroda, the situation is aggravated by “experiments with nuclear fuel” in Ukraine, in particular, the use of Westinghouse fuels at the third power unit of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant [it blew up on Dec. 30]. She said citing Russia’s nuclear reactor designer, the Gidropress Design Bureau, that such fuels were not meant to be used at Ukrainian power units.
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MORE:
‘Each fire around Chernobyl re-mobilizes poison’
http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/4922-each-fire-around-chernobyl-re-mobilizes-poison.html
EXCERPT:
RT: Can these fires at the moment reignite the original levels of radiation?
KK: To give some idea, there have been scientific studies done by Timothy Mousseauat at the University of S. Carolina and a team of colleagues. Their determination is that the fires of 2002, 2008 and 2010, just three of these fires, excluding 1992 and 1996, have remobilized 8 percent of the original cesium 137 contamination back into the atmosphere, which is really significant because it was a such a large amount of contamination.
MORE
[British] Widow claims Army husband died after exposure to radiation from Chernobyl reactor disaster
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/health/widow-claims-army-husband-died-9161834
Like Chernobyl all over again: Forest fires release plutonium particles into the air (has video)
http://inhabitat.com/like-chernobyl-all-over-again-forest-fires-release-plutonium-particles-into-the-air/
[The work on the sarcophagus over the ruins was stalled by the war in Ukraine.] Kazakhstan Allocates 1 Million Euros for Chernobyl Shelter
http://www.astanatimes.com/2015/05/kazakhstan-allocates-1-million-euros-for-chernobyl-shelter/
May 6 – Wildfire near Chernobyl extinguished, Emergency Service reports
http://www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=20514
Belarus to defend report on spent fuel management in IAEA
http://eng.belta.by/all_news/society/Belarus-to-defend-report-on-spent-fuel-management-in-IAEA_i_81571.html
http://www.gosatomnadzor.gov.by/index.php/en/
http://www.gosatomnadzor.gov.by/index.php/en/11-news/209-mes-board-decided-to-issue-the-license-for-the-main-belarusian-npp-unit-2-construction-stage
Update –
At Donetsk there is a nuclear waste emergency. It is east from Zaporizhzhya (where there is a nuclear plant problem).
“Kiev forces are concerned over the possibility of radioactive waste materials leaking from a storage site in the Donetsk area in Ukraine’s southeast, Ukrainian Maj. Gen. Andriy Taran said. “The radioactive waste storage site near Donetsk is a cause of great concern,” Taran was quoted as saying in a Facebook statement posted by the headquarters of Kiev’s special military operation in southeastern Ukraine. The statement explained that an explosion that occurred at a Donetsk chemical factory on June 16 could have led to damages at the radiation storage site as it triggered the detonation of underground ammunition depots. “This situation is causing great concern of the Ukrainian side, because there is a possibility of leakage of radioactive elements that are very dangerous to the health and life of a large number of civilians in the region,” Taran stressed. The Maj. Gen. also called on the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the radiation background in the area as he informed the observers of the potential radiation leak during a Saturday meeting. On Sunday, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reported several ceasefire violations in the Donetsk airport area. The Donetsk Airport was one of the hotspots of fighting between Kiev forces and independence supporters at the start of this year. In mid-February, Kiev and the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Lugansk and Donetsk (LPR and DPR) signed a ceasefire agreement after talks in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. However, both sides have since repeatedly accused each other of violating the deal. ”
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150622-48774-UKR
Ukrainian Forces Warn of Possible Radiation Leak in Donetsk Area
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150622/1023673119.html
JULY 2 UPDATE:
http://rt.com/news/271081-chernobyl-wildfire-radiation-ukraine/