What happens to the human body when exposed to such high levels of radiation? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65563-chernobyl-radiation-effects-body.html
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Chernobyl vs. Fukushima: Which Nuclear Meltdown Was the Bigger Disaster?
Nuclear meltdowns at power plants in Chernobyl and Fukushima were the most devastating in recent history. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65554-chernobyl-vs-fukushima.html
Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, Meltdown Patches
Phoronix has conducted a series of tests to show just how much the Spectre and Meltdown patches have impacted the raw performance of Intel and AMD CPUs. While the patches have resulted in performance decreases across the board, ranging from virtually nothing to significant depending on the application, it appears that Intel received the short end of the stick as its…
‘I Oversaw America’s Nuclear Power Industry. Now I Think It Should Be Banned.’
Friday the Washington Post published an essay by Gregory Jaczko, who served on America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2005 to 2009 and was its chairman from 2009 to 2012. He says he’d believed nuclear power was worth the reduction they produced in greenhouse emissions — until Japan’s 2011 nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant. “Despite working in the industry for…
Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wx5x/melting-glaciers-could-unleash-nuclear-fallout-trapped-within-the-ice…