Mysterious Russian Nuclear Missile Accident Sparks Fears of Cover-Up & “Chernobyl Redux”

Questions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia. U.S. experts suspect the explosion was caused during a test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Russia initially denied a radiation leak, but earlier today its state weather agency confirmed radioactive isotopes have been found in test samples in the city of Severodvinsk near the military test range. Norway’s nuclear test ban monitor now believes two explosions likely occurred on August 8, with the second one being the likely source of radiation. Russia’s handling of the nuclear accident has drawn some comparisons to the Soviet Union’s cover-up of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, which is considered the worst nuclear accident in history. We speak with Kate Brown, a professor of science, technology and society at MIT specializing in environmental and nuclear history. Her new book is “Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future.”

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[jomolololo]

Laws must be inplaced to make countries pay , when they do this garbage !!!

[xizarrg]

I don't know why we aren't thanking Russia for pre-emptive hurricane control.


(This is sarcasm, folks... gotta avert Poe's Law.)

[billhd]

I hope no one wants to build new reactors based on the Chernobyl design. This was the first generation of reactors, and they were known to be unstable at the time. The Russians built them so that they could easily get at the Plutonium for weapons programs. Molten salt reactors can not be used in this manner.

[stephenarling]

It should be trivial to measure the radioactive fallout from this accident. What is the best source for quantitative studies of this latest Russian disaster?

[SighKronmiller]

What about 3-mile island? And the nuclear waste leaks in Washington and New Your? The high radiation at the Grand Canyon.

[jgedutis]

The latest news says they detected strontium 91, not strontium 90. Does anyone know what elemental isotope decays into strontium 91? Barely any information on the web on strontium 91.

[ununseptium]

I watched a video about the deadliest lake on the planet. Another nuclear disaster happened in Russia during the mid 1900's. It exposed most of the country to deadly doses of radiation. There is no way I would go to Russia.

[cannedmusic]

trillions of dollars on this...and they're making cutbacks in how much people are getting monthly in SSI and SSA

[Holiday]

Just throw the whole world away.... This shit is getting rediculous to hear day after day getting worse and worse.

[cannedmusic]

@0:23...is it my imagination, or does the gray Russian missile symbol look phallic

[greggasiorowski]

Since when is the "blogosphere" considered a credible information source? 🤔

[tipendrajazwal]

seeing this after watching Chernobyl tv series

[waynep]

Don't forget that we are the kings of nuclear coverups with the 1959 Santa Suzana field lab sodium cooled reactor melt down that was not discovered and released to the public till students found the info decades later.

[chrisskipper]

The issue is the primitive state of the Russia government, its failure regarding its neighbor and its own people...

[andyshelly]

i guess this is the end of the world as we know it .

[andrewg]

The British Pop Band, XTC, Especially in 1984- Sang many Songs about stuff like 'this'-

[gingerbread]

Did Trump's test take out putting attempt.

[Shivayoudestroyme]

Democracy Now is great but the commenters seem deficient

[gingerbread]

This very nonsense is what destroyed mankind and caused the first ice age.