Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest

Posted: 24th April 2023

The Chornobyl nuclear disaster, 37 years ago this week, forced a human evacuation, resulting in the abandonment of pet dogs and cats. Packs of semi-feral dogs still live around the nuclear plant. What can their health stories tell us? And Daniel Ellsberg, an inveterate campaigner against nuclear weapons and war, delivers his valediction.

Chornobyl’s dogs fight on

Many dogs - and some cats - were left behind when the April 26, 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster forced a mass evacuation. Their descendants live on, their lives curtailed by predators and illness. But what about their exposure to radiation? Dogs living around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant have been cared for and also studied. What will those studies reveal about prolonged exposure to radiation in the Exclusion Zone? READ MORE

A hero of our time says ‘goodbye’

Anti-war whistleblower and nuclear weapons abolitionist, Daniel Ellsberg, is a hero of our time. But his time is up, he tells us. Faced with a terminal diagnosis, Ellsberg continues to speak out on issues that matter, especially nuclear weapons, and to inspire the rest of us to continue the fight. This is Daniel Ellsberg Week. READ MORE

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