Kiev Oblast (Ukraine)

How to blow your diet in one afternoon…

Two of SuperSoldier’s favorites: mom’s Chernobyl beans and mom’s pizza. Unfortunately, they’re two of my favorites, too. I probably had eight bites of beans and about a half of a slice of pizza…. There’s always tomorrow, right?...

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Radiation leak investigated at U.S. nuclear power plant

Russian radiation victims to get $60 on Chernobyl remembrance day MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. nuclear regulatory authorities have sent a group of experts to investigate a small radiation leak at the infamous...

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Time to join the nuclear bandwagon

It's a little-known - and slightly ironic - fact that when Lehman Brothers exploded last year it did so as the proud owner of 500,000 pounds of yellowcake uranium: enough to make a nuclear bomb. Uranium’s appeal was as a...

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Humans are more detrimental to nature than nuclear meltdown.

I just watched a great documentary - Chernobyl: Life In The Dead Zone. They took a nature camera crew into Chernobyl to see the effect that radiation had on the animals. What they found was not only are the animals healthy but...

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Belle de Jour: On science and prostitution

Rowan Hooper Under the name Belle de Jour, Brooke Magnanti wrote about her experiences as a prostitute for a London escort agency, and her blog became a bestselling book, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, and a...

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat benchmark appears

Finally, a DirectX 11 benchmark based on an actual game. Shacknews writes that GSC Game World has released a freely downloadable benchmarking tool based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat, its upcoming post-apocalyptic survival...

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Ottawa boosting liability limit for nuclear companies

Martin Mittelstaedt From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 9:16PM EST If something goes terribly wrong at a nuclear power plant, how much liability should the operator bear? Natural Resources Minister...

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Mohamed ElBaradei: Nuclear Power in the Balance

The future of nuclear power will be one of the key issues on the table at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, with 30 countries already using it and 60 more planning to introduce it. But, if...

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STALKER: Call of Pripyat DX11 benchmark released

Author: Joe Martin Published: 19th November 2009 GSC Game World has released a 421MB benchmarking tool for STALKER: Call of Pripyat. GSC Game World, the developers behind the annoyingly named S.T.A.L.K.E.R series (henceforth,...

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Rockland Residents Get Tested For Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer is of particular concern in Rockland County after a recent study by an anti-nuclear power group, claiming the thyroid cancer rate in Rockland, 18 cases per 100,000 residents, is two times higher than the national...

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