The Radiation Consuming Fungus of Chernobyl

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Radiotrophic fungi are species that utilise ionising radiation in order to grow more quickly. This video explores their discovery, behaviour and their potential applications.

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Image Credits:

Aerial Image "Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - April 1997" by NASA Goddard Photo and Video is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

Exploded Reactor "02790015" by IAEA Imagebank is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0.

Geiger Counter Photo "Chernobyl - 25th anniversary" by Roman Harak is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0

Wasteland with Radiation Sign "Chernobyl and Pripyat" by Roman Harak is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0

Derelict Building "KD's World Tour: Chernobyl, Ukraine" by kevin dooley is licensed with CC BY 2.0.

Fungus Micrograph Photo Credit:Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Leanor Haley - This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #3771

Cooling Water "Reactor 5&6 01" by Timm Suess is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laboratory "DNA lab" by umseas is licensed with CC BY 2.0

International Space Station "Released to Public: International Space Station Above Earth, December 2006 (NASA)

Sun Over Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 11:22:09)"

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Cool! Now if scientists develope more and more of this fungi radiation would not be a problem for the society for now! Great video

shzien