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Considering large numbers of Russian troops were sickened after digging trenches and fortification near Chernobyl during the current war Ukraine, I tend think t

Considering large numbers of Russian troops were sickened after digging trenches and fortification near Chernobyl during the current war Ukraine, I tend think these warnings will go unheeded in the far future.

elzbardico 3y ago
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- ashwoods 3y ago
  I don’t know, there seems to be more evidence in support of this fact than there seems to be of it being propaganda: https://www.twz.com/45098/ukraine-situation-report-evidence-russia-dug-trenches-in-contaminated-chernobyl-forest-emerges# https://www.twz.com/45098/ukraine-situation-report-evidence-...
  - themaninthedark 3y ago
    From the article you linked: >Previous reports had also indicated that some number of Russian troops operating in the Red Forest experienced the effects of acute radiation syndrome after preparing this base area, but there remains nothing to substantiate this.
- Faaak 3y ago
  I'm curious, do you have any source (for or against)?
- lawn 3y ago
  Careful to not propagate the stupid Russian propaganda that aims to hide all the stupid things the Russians are up to.
acidburnNSA 3y ago
I don't think that any were sickened from radiation. The increases found were quite small, and would not cause any radiation sickness. You need dose rates thousands of times higher than what was reported to get radiation sickness. From https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60528828 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60528828: Prof Claire Corkhill, a nuclear materials expert from Sheffield University, told the BBC the spike was "quite localised" and there had been increases along the main routes in and out of the zone around the reactor. "The increased movement of people and vehicles in and around the Chernobyl zone will have kicked up radioactive dust that's on the ground," Prof Corkhill said. "Provided there's no further movement, it should decrease again over the next couple of days." But any military activity in the zone is concerning.
belorn 3y ago
It will indeed most likely be unheeded. We already have a huge issue with mines, unexploded bombs and artillery shells laying around in many place on the globe, and ukraine has become one of the most mined country in the world. 174,000 square kilometers of Ukraine is said to be contaminated by mines. No amount of warnings will prevent accidental deaths in the future, and expecting people to never return is unrealistic.

elzbardico 3y ago

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ashwoods 3y ago
I don’t know, there seems to be more evidence in support of this fact than there seems to be of it being propaganda: https://www.twz.com/45098/ukraine-situation-report-evidence-russia-dug-trenches-in-contaminated-chernobyl-forest-emerges# https://www.twz.com/45098/ukraine-situation-report-evidence-...
- themaninthedark 3y ago
  From the article you linked: >Previous reports had also indicated that some number of Russian troops operating in the Red Forest experienced the effects of acute radiation syndrome after preparing this base area, but there remains nothing to substantiate this.
Faaak 3y ago
I'm curious, do you have any source (for or against)?
lawn 3y ago
Careful to not propagate the stupid Russian propaganda that aims to hide all the stupid things the Russians are up to.

acidburnNSA 3y ago

I don't think that any were sickened from radiation. The increases found were quite small, and would not cause any radiation sickness. You need dose rates thousands of times higher than what was reported to get radiation sickness. From https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60528828 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60528828: Prof Claire Corkhill, a nuclear materials expert from Sheffield University, told the BBC the spike was "quite localised" and there had been increases along the main routes in and out of the zone around the reactor. "The increased movement of people and vehicles in and around the Chernobyl zone will have kicked up radioactive dust that's on the ground," Prof Corkhill said. "Provided there's no further movement, it should decrease again over the next couple of days." But any military activity in the zone is concerning.

belorn 3y ago

It will indeed most likely be unheeded. We already have a huge issue with mines, unexploded bombs and artillery shells laying around in many place on the globe, and ukraine has become one of the most mined country in the world. 174,000 square kilometers of Ukraine is said to be contaminated by mines. No amount of warnings will prevent accidental deaths in the future, and expecting people to never return is unrealistic.