What would happen if all the atomic bombs in the world were detonated at the same time? What is the difference between a nuclear and thermonuclear bomb? Experts gave comprehensive answers to these and other questions about nuclear weapons, reports the BBC. Once, after World War II, Albert Einstein talked...
The United States gave Ukraine sensors capable of detecting bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb. They can identify the attacker. The New York Times writes about it. Part of the goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on the territory...
Radioactive objects disappear more often than you might imagine. They are stolen, accidentally lost, or simply disappear into nowhere, reports the BBC. At the end of January, the world watched as Australia lost and then carefully searched for a radioactive capsule. In the end, a dangerous capsule was found.…
On October 23, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu phoned the defense ministers of several Western countries: France, Turkey, Great Britain and the United States. With each of them, Shoigu discussed the “situation” in Ukraine, which “has a steady trend towards further, uncontrolled escalation,” Meduza reports.…
Ukrayinska Pravda spoke about the risks and consequences of using nuclear weapons with Alex Wellerstein, a science historian at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear weapons. The Russian Federation's threats to use nuclear weapons began on the 4th day of the war in Ukraine. On February 27, Russian President Vladimir...
Eastern European countries have taken extremely seriously reports of the Russian military seizing the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as the fighting and shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the BBC reports. President Putin’s order to transfer to...
In parts of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia, increased levels of radiation have been recorded. This was announced on Sunday, June 28, by AFP, citing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), writes DW. According to the organization, the radioactive spot covers ...
The accident that happened near Severodvinsk has nothing to do with the subject of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), said acting. O. Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna Alexey Karpov. “The tests carried out at a military training ground on August 8 near Severodvinsk were associated with...
On August 8, an explosion occurred at a military training ground near Severodvinsk during a test of a rocket launcher. The press service of the Severodvinsk administration announced a short-term increase in the radiation background. But the doctors who brought the victims were not told that the patients were a source of radioactive radiation. In total with contaminated radiation ...
The sarcophagus in Chernobyl is on the verge of collapse; it can collapse under its own weight. Writes about this BBC. Experts say that there is a very high probability that the Chernobyl sarcophagus, which protects the environment from the negative effects of radiation, may soon ...