"Peace and Quiet", Chernobyl Style
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webfarmerView historic church frescoes or take a trip to the Crimean resorts? Nah. Take them to Chernobyl. It's a bargain at half the price!
Fearless Traveler: Chernobyl is Big Draw in Ukraine - Winston-Salem Journal - 21 Apr 08
"SoloEast Travel conducts day long excursions to within a few hundred feet of the power plant ($475, with discounts for groups of two or more, www.tourkiev.com, 011-380-44-406-3500). Tourists are able to glimpse the concrete 'sarcophagus,' now crumbling and scheduled for replacement, that was designed to seal in radiation after one of the reactors exploded. And you will also make 'acquaintance with the peace and quiet,' as the Travel to Ukraine Web site puts it, of the town of Pripyat."
An update on those who had an earlier tour.
Two Chernobyl Invalids, On Hunger Strike, Hospitalised in Belgorod - ITAR-TASS - 20 Apr 08
"The hunger strike by Chernobyl invalids in Belgorod started on April 15. They demand that they should be given additional housing in compliance with a federal law on assistance to participants in overcoming the aftermaths of the Chernobyl disaster." "Besides, hunger strikers demand indexing their allowances for medical treatment in line with growing inflation."
And let's not leave out the kids. Hats off to those who are doing at least something on this continuing but mostly forgotten disaster. One effort in the USA, Canada and UK noted respectively.
Local Girl Helps Chernobyl Children - WickedLocal.com - 21 Apr 08
"Molly Whalen of Middleboro, will be selling Mardi Gras beads at the Chernobyl Children Project, USA “Goodwill Gala-An Evening of Care and Compassion” event on Friday, May 9 at the Sheraton Braintree Hotel at 7 p.m. The bead game is just one of the activities planned to help defray the costs needed to provide immediate surgery for four Chernobyl children in need of two spinal fusions and two pectus excavatum procedures."
"The Chernobyl Children Project USA is the largest organization in the U.S. that provides medical treatment and respite care for children from the Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine."
Fundraiser a Toast for Needy Kids - Belleville Intelligencer - 21 Apr 08
"There will be a special fundraising event in Belleville on the eve of one of the greatest disasters in the world. Denny's Restaurant on Bell Boulevard will donate all the proceeds from the sale of beverages from 5 a.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday in support of Quinte's Children of Chernobyl.
The 24-hour fundraising event starts on the anniversary of the April 26, 1986, nuclear explosion that took place at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
Radiation levels still remain high and there are 1.5 million children living in the contaminated areas of the Ukraine and Belarus. "
Chernobyl Kids' Seaside Day Out - Blackpool Today - 21 Apr 08
"CHILDREN affected by the Chernobyl disaster have enjoyed a day out in Blackpool. A group of 13 youngsters from Belarus, who are staying with host families in Lancashire, went swimming at the Sandcastle Waterworld followed by a trip to the Tower Circus."
And this on the not so good charities.
Warning Issued About Clothing Appeal Firms - Peterborough Today - 21 Apr 08
"Leaflets advising that a collection is being made on behalf of a charity for victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in the Ukraine, have been posted through letterboxes across the city. However, careful inspection of the mailshot reveals the company is a profit-making organisation and not a charity, which means the percentage being given to the needy could be miniscule."
Straight to the Areva commissary?
Belarus Exports Its Radioactive Mushrooms to EU, Says Official - Monsters and Critics - 21 Apr 08
"Tons of radioactive mushrooms are routinely exported from Belarus to European Union nations, a Belarusian official said Monday. Relatively high EU maximums for mushroom contamination by isotopes of Strontium, a radioactive element, make 'substantial volumes' of fungus illegal for consumption in Belarus but a saleable delicacy in the West, said Yakov Kenigsberg, chairman of Belarus' National Commission for Radioactive Protection."
And lastly fun on the actively political front.
Minsk Government Bans Opposition's Chernobyl March from Taking Place - Naviny.by - 21 Apr 08
"In Belarus under Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s rule, Chernobyl marches have become one of the largest annual protests staged in the Belarusian capital by opponents of the government. Some 3,000 people took part in last year's Charnobylski Shlyakh and 10,000 in 2006, when the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster was observed. A crowd of up to 50,000 took part in the march on the 10th anniversary, during which demonstrators overturned cars and clashed with riot police. Dozens were injured and more than 200 were arrested."
Lukashenka Won't Get Money - Charter'97 - 21 Apr 08
"The former political prisoner, Doctor of Medicine Yury Bandazheuski, is set to change the direction of financial flows of European aid to Belarus for overcoming aftermaths of Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and has received support of European deputies in that."
"It was stated during the discussion that Belarusian citizens are unaware of the truthful information about the situation in areas affected by the disaster and consequences of the disaster. Those affected do not receive necessary social protection and medial aid. To improve the situation, it has been offered to set an international scientific and research center 'Ecology and Health' in Lithuania, and an international syndicate of assistance to former Chernobyl cleanup workers."
"In February this year Yury Bandazheuski sent an open letter to Belarusian media. He stated that the health of the nation is under threat because of the Belarusian regime’s irresponsibility. Belarusian citizens continue to be exposed to radiation from food, which causes increase of number of cardiovascular diseases."
For a motorcyclist's view of Chernobyl's exclusion zone, check out "Kid of Speed".
Fearless Traveler: Chernobyl is Big Draw in Ukraine - Winston-Salem Journal - 21 Apr 08
"SoloEast Travel conducts day long excursions to within a few hundred feet of the power plant ($475, with discounts for groups of two or more, www.tourkiev.com, 011-380-44-406-3500). Tourists are able to glimpse the concrete 'sarcophagus,' now crumbling and scheduled for replacement, that was designed to seal in radiation after one of the reactors exploded. And you will also make 'acquaintance with the peace and quiet,' as the Travel to Ukraine Web site puts it, of the town of Pripyat."
An update on those who had an earlier tour.
Two Chernobyl Invalids, On Hunger Strike, Hospitalised in Belgorod - ITAR-TASS - 20 Apr 08
"The hunger strike by Chernobyl invalids in Belgorod started on April 15. They demand that they should be given additional housing in compliance with a federal law on assistance to participants in overcoming the aftermaths of the Chernobyl disaster." "Besides, hunger strikers demand indexing their allowances for medical treatment in line with growing inflation."
And let's not leave out the kids. Hats off to those who are doing at least something on this continuing but mostly forgotten disaster. One effort in the USA, Canada and UK noted respectively.
Local Girl Helps Chernobyl Children - WickedLocal.com - 21 Apr 08
"Molly Whalen of Middleboro, will be selling Mardi Gras beads at the Chernobyl Children Project, USA “Goodwill Gala-An Evening of Care and Compassion” event on Friday, May 9 at the Sheraton Braintree Hotel at 7 p.m. The bead game is just one of the activities planned to help defray the costs needed to provide immediate surgery for four Chernobyl children in need of two spinal fusions and two pectus excavatum procedures."
"The Chernobyl Children Project USA is the largest organization in the U.S. that provides medical treatment and respite care for children from the Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine."
Fundraiser a Toast for Needy Kids - Belleville Intelligencer - 21 Apr 08
"There will be a special fundraising event in Belleville on the eve of one of the greatest disasters in the world. Denny's Restaurant on Bell Boulevard will donate all the proceeds from the sale of beverages from 5 a.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday in support of Quinte's Children of Chernobyl.
The 24-hour fundraising event starts on the anniversary of the April 26, 1986, nuclear explosion that took place at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
Radiation levels still remain high and there are 1.5 million children living in the contaminated areas of the Ukraine and Belarus. "
Chernobyl Kids' Seaside Day Out - Blackpool Today - 21 Apr 08
"CHILDREN affected by the Chernobyl disaster have enjoyed a day out in Blackpool. A group of 13 youngsters from Belarus, who are staying with host families in Lancashire, went swimming at the Sandcastle Waterworld followed by a trip to the Tower Circus."
And this on the not so good charities.
Warning Issued About Clothing Appeal Firms - Peterborough Today - 21 Apr 08
"Leaflets advising that a collection is being made on behalf of a charity for victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in the Ukraine, have been posted through letterboxes across the city. However, careful inspection of the mailshot reveals the company is a profit-making organisation and not a charity, which means the percentage being given to the needy could be miniscule."
Straight to the Areva commissary?
Belarus Exports Its Radioactive Mushrooms to EU, Says Official - Monsters and Critics - 21 Apr 08
"Tons of radioactive mushrooms are routinely exported from Belarus to European Union nations, a Belarusian official said Monday. Relatively high EU maximums for mushroom contamination by isotopes of Strontium, a radioactive element, make 'substantial volumes' of fungus illegal for consumption in Belarus but a saleable delicacy in the West, said Yakov Kenigsberg, chairman of Belarus' National Commission for Radioactive Protection."
And lastly fun on the actively political front.
Minsk Government Bans Opposition's Chernobyl March from Taking Place - Naviny.by - 21 Apr 08
"In Belarus under Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s rule, Chernobyl marches have become one of the largest annual protests staged in the Belarusian capital by opponents of the government. Some 3,000 people took part in last year's Charnobylski Shlyakh and 10,000 in 2006, when the 20th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster was observed. A crowd of up to 50,000 took part in the march on the 10th anniversary, during which demonstrators overturned cars and clashed with riot police. Dozens were injured and more than 200 were arrested."
Lukashenka Won't Get Money - Charter'97 - 21 Apr 08
"The former political prisoner, Doctor of Medicine Yury Bandazheuski, is set to change the direction of financial flows of European aid to Belarus for overcoming aftermaths of Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and has received support of European deputies in that."
"It was stated during the discussion that Belarusian citizens are unaware of the truthful information about the situation in areas affected by the disaster and consequences of the disaster. Those affected do not receive necessary social protection and medial aid. To improve the situation, it has been offered to set an international scientific and research center 'Ecology and Health' in Lithuania, and an international syndicate of assistance to former Chernobyl cleanup workers."
"In February this year Yury Bandazheuski sent an open letter to Belarusian media. He stated that the health of the nation is under threat because of the Belarusian regime’s irresponsibility. Belarusian citizens continue to be exposed to radiation from food, which causes increase of number of cardiovascular diseases."
For a motorcyclist's view of Chernobyl's exclusion zone, check out "Kid of Speed".
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Date: 2008-04-22 06:05 am (UTC)These energy related posts get collated into an irregular e-mail list that I send off to friends and other energy heads and some of them read this stuff too.