• Episode 62: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Pt. 2 Counting Lives

  • Dec 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Episode 62: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Pt. 2 Counting Lives

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  • In this episode, Kayla and Venus finish the story of the Chernobyl disaster, starting from the evacuation of Pripyat. They describe the heroic efforts of the liquidators, the ongoing environmental and health repercussions, and the current state of nuclear power across the globe. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tumblr: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Acute Radiation Syndrome: Information for Clinicians. (2024, 23 Apr 2024). CDC. Retrieved 05 Dec 2024 from https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/hcp/clinical-guidance/ars.html Batchelor, T. (2022). Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel. Independent. Retrieved 15 Dec 2024, from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-outage-b2031874.html The Chernobyl Podcast | Part Two | HBO. (2019, 13 May 2019). In The Chernobyl Podcast | Part Two | HBO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faQs2_hjNZk&t=609s Chernobyl: Chapter I. The site and accident sequence. Nuclear Energy Agency. Retrieved 06 Nov 2024 from https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_28271/chernobyl-chapter-i-the-site-and-accident-sequence Conca, J. (2020). How Extremophile Bacteria Living In Nuclear Reactors Might Help Us Make Vaccines. Forbes. Retrieved 15 Dec 2024, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2020/07/21/if-extremophile-bacteria-can-live-in-nuclear-reactors-maybe-they-can-help-us-make-vaccines/ Gill, V. (2019). Chernobyl: The end of a three-decade experiment. BBC. Retrieved 14 Dec 2024, from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47227767 Harvey, C. (2021). Eight States Are Seeding Clouds to Overcome Megadrought. Scientific American. Retrieved 08 Dec 2024, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eight-states-are-seeding-clouds-to-overcome-megadrought/ Higginbotham, A. (2019). Midnight in Chernobyl. Simon & Schuster. Kamiya, K., et al. (2015). Long-term effects of radiation exposure on health. The Lancet, 386, 469-478. Kuchinskiy, V. Decommissioning Efforts on Chornobyl NPP site – Past, Present https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/48/047/48047388.pdf Luscombe, R. (2024). Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 Dec 2024, from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-reopen-microsoft Moskalenko, S. (2019). I was a child of Chernobyl. Vox. Retrieved 10 Dec 2024, from https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/25/18716117/chernobyl-evacuated-true-story Nalewicki, J. (2021). Thirty-Five Years Later, a First Responder at the Chernobyl Disaster Looks Back. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 14 Dec 2024, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thirty-five-years-later-first-responder-at-chernobyl-disaster-looks-back-180977555/ Plokhy, S. (2018). Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe. Basic Books. Suzuki, K. et al. (2015). Radiation signatures in childhood thyroid cancers after the Chernobyl accident: Possible roles of radiation in carcinogenesis. Cancer Sci, 106(2), 127-133. Travers, S. (2024). This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains. Forbes. Retrieved 15 Dec 2024, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2024/11/02/this-black-fungus-might-be-healing-chernobyl-by-drinking-radiation-a-biologist-explains/ Trichopoulos, D., (1987). The victims of Chernobyl in Greece: induced abortions after the accident. BMJ, 295, 1100. Wang, H., et al. (2019). Radiation-induced heart disease: a review of classification, mechanism and prevention. Int J Biol Sci, 15(10), 2128-2138. Webb, A. (2022). Chernobyl: Secrets, Lies and the Untold Stories HBO.
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