Big Picture Science: Shadow of Chernobyl
Forty years
later, the exclusion zone surrounding the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power
Plant remains uninhabited by humans. But among the radioactive remnants,
wildlife is flourishing, including endangered species. In the second of our
two-part series, we look at the state of the disaster site today, consider what
lessons we’ve learned during clean up efforts, hear about a strange story about
radioactive shellfish, and consider whether small modular reactors could
reinvigorate dreams of a nuclear-powered future and bring nuclear energy out of
Chernobyl’s shadow.
Guests:
- Steven Biegalski – Chair of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics program at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Tom Scott – Professor of Nuclear Materials and Devices at the University of Bristol
- Jacopo Buongiorno – Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), and Director of Science and Technology of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
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