About this episode

This episode discusses the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, featuring insights on safety issues and survivor experiences.

The Elephant’s Foot – Chernobyl’s melted radioactive core Arnie Gundersen on New Safe Confinement Problems, Fukushima Comparison Russian drone attack punches hole in New Safe Confinement structure; $2 billion minimum to fix! Bulgarian Chernobyl Survivor Bonnie Kouneva The Nuclear Resister with Jack Cohen-Joppa

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