Radiation levels seem to be on rise and have maxed out sensors in Chernobyl. Can anyone tell whats happening?
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Snapshots: https://web.archive.org/web/20211029005305/https://www.saveecobot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210922063854/https://www.saveecobot.com/en 74 snapshots since 2018. The specific radiation map has been snapshotted yesterday only which seems concerning.
Snapshotted about page: https://web.archive.org/web/20210301011105/https://www.saveecobot.com/en/static/about All people here seems legit.
I cant see anything crazy happening here on the official European Commision Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring website. A radiation monitor nearby in Belarus recorded a small spike to 470 nSv/h at last reading, but this is nothing really.
Although interestingly the Chernobyl sensor hasnt reported since the 23rd https://imgur.com/a/Un8ltqb (purple series).
It's not impossible that an attack with heavy weapons could damage the sarcophagus around the failed reactor and leak some radiation but it would be a bad move with no strategic motive for either the Russians or Ukrainians.
I think it is a concern that is exaggerated.
That site is suspect. The "radiation map" page did not seem to exist before today: https://web.archive.org/web/20220224230609/https://www.savee...
They claim to have "1 million users", and yet only have 22 Twitter followers: https://twitter.com/SaveEcoBot
It smells of a misinformation campaign to me. If there was a spike of radiation at Chernobyl, I'm sure we would very quickly hear about it from more reputable sources.
“ Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told the Associated Press that Russian forces took control over the decommissioned nuclear power plant; authorities there said in the process of the violent attack in the area, shelling hit a radioactive waste repository at Chernobyl, increasing the amount of radiation in the area. Now scientists are busy watching for signs of any radioactive event unfolding, including tracking any hazardous radioactive cloud that could rise from the area and float through Europe and perhaps beyond.”
https://weatherboy.com/scientists-track-radioactive-dangers-...
And sure, for this they captured Chernobyl site and cut communications, so now could simulate anything.
At the moment, those attacks have only one real win - mobile networks where overloaded, so become unusable, and nothing more.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-chernobyl-russia-invasion...