http://rememberchernobyl.com In 1986 Humanity Created It's Own Atomic Playground... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:31:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today Among the most saddening and clearly the most innocent victims of the Chernobyl accident are the children. Twenty-two years after the accident, the effects of the dangerous lingering radiation are still being observed in the children of ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/the-children-of-chernobyl/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today The first documentation of Chernobyl dates back to a 1193 charter in which it was described as a hunting lodge of knyaz Rostislavich. A “knyaz” can be loosely translated in English to Prince, or Duke. In the ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/the-history-of-chernobyl-a-brief-introduction/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today The business of cleaning up and rebuilding Chernobyl is an expensive task, and many international companies have a great interest in being contracted to help. Domestically, the clean-up and rebuilding process along with handling all of the ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/profiting-from-chernobyl/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today Who in their right mind would ever visit Chernobyl? You’d be surprised. Guided tours are now available through select businesses in Kiev. For the adventurous types who want to experience a true adventure, Chernobyl represents one of the ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/tourism-and-travel/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today I cannot help but feel a sense of loss each time my mind wanders and finds itself thinking about Chernobyl. I was not alive when the power plant exploded in 1986, having been born in October ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/march-2008-nearly-22-years-since-the-accident/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today For those that have visited Chernobyl, the general consensus is that the silence of the deserted city is deafening. Guided tours are now being conducted through the area, and those tours may represent one of the first ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/what-does-the-future-hold-for-chernobyl/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today How can we accurately measure the damage caused by the Chernobyl power plant’s meltdown? Without getting into too much detail we can simply come to the conclusion that we can’t. The true cost of the disaster may ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/long-term-consequences/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today The origins of nuclear power can be traced back to the first achievement of nuclear fission in 1934 by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. Over the years it has been refined and harnessed, and today it is a ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/nuclear-power-a-brief-unbiased-introduction/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today Before its meltdown, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant generated approximately 10% of Ukraine’s energy supply. Each of the four RBMK-1000 reactors was capable of producing 1 gigawatt of electricity, and by the late 1970’s all four reactors ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/what-happened-on-april-26-1986/ Quick Links: Remember Chernobyl Home Information About the Chernobyl Accident Information About Chernobyl as it Exists Today Before we start talking about what actually happened to the Chernobyl power plant, it’s important that you understand how radiation works and why it was such a big deal when the power plant exploded. Radiation is not like ... http://rememberchernobyl.com/a-brief-introduction-to-radiation/