The Akademik Lomonosov is a ship like no other. It is a floating nuclear power plant, designed by the Russians to supply energy to the northernmost parts of the planet. Currently moored in the port of Murmansk, this ship with two nuclear reactors of 35 MW each will start a
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Thirty-three years after the worst nuclear disaster, the highly contaminated area around the Chernobyl power plant, abandoned by its inhabitants, has been transformed into a unique reserve where elk, deer, wolves and many other wild animals thrive and multiply. Could human presence be more harmful than the
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The remote-controlled robots sent into the bowels of Fukushima to try to repair the damage could not withstand the radioactive radiation. Their wiring was destroyed, resulting in immediate cybernetic death. These hyper-specialized robots, which take several years to build, were the last hope of removing the molten nuclear fuel.
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