RadProtection & Nuclear News 3

This week find below news about research on radiation monitoring systems in Chornobyl, Russia moving its nuclear weapons and hibernation in space to provide protection from radiation !

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University of Bristol researchers to help enhance radiation monitoring systems in Chornobyl - A team of Bristol scientists will reinstate and improve radiological monitoring systems within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) and inside the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), impacted by the Russian invasion. Source: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chornobyl-radiation-monitoring-researchers.html

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Ukraine-Russia war – latest: Putin vows to respond on border if Nato troops deployed to Finland - Russia has said it will put tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus near the country’s border with Nato allies in a move that will further escalate tensions between the Kremlin and the West. Source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-latest-putin-vows-to-respond-on-border-if-nato-troops-deployed-to-finland/ar-AA19ptRx

Safety in space: Synthetic hibernation could provide protection from cosmic radiation - It is still a glimpse into the future: Astronauts could be put into artificial hibernation and in this state be better protected from cosmic radiation. At present, there are already promising approaches to follow up such considerations. Source: https://phys.org/news/2022-11-safety-space-synthetic-hibernation-cosmic.html