The footage shows the hurried scenes on the roof, as workers sprint to remove the graphite one shovelful at a time, and featuresthe nervously pumped-up young men, unaware of the perils they're facing.

In the meantime, the risk remains, as radioactive substances, including ultra-radioactive graphite, are still confined under the now-damaged structure. Read also: ...

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The graphite tips had been a cost-saving measure. Legasov testifies knowing he has given his life for the cause of containing the radioactive exposure (his hair has started to fall out).

In a radiation suit, explore the tunnels under the reactor, in search of truth. Grab a shovel and clear the radioactive graphite from the roof of Unit 3's turbine hall!

Promethium was first produced as a byproduct of uranium fission at the lab's Graphite Reactor in 1945 by Charles Coryell, Jacob A. Marinsky and Lawrence E. Glendenin.

Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive? Our Geiger counter couldn’t detect any radiation footprint from the site of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction.

Graphite spent fuel storage casks at Juelich. SRS Watch protests at entrance of the Jülich research center (near Aachen) against export of spent fuel from Jülich to SRS. SRS Watch is a non ...

Graphite spent fuel storage casks at Juelich. SRS Watch protests at entrance of the Jülich research center (near Aachen) against export of spent fuel from Jülich to SRS. SRS Watch is a non ...

Graphite spent fuel storage casks at Juelich. SRS Watch protests at entrance of the Jülich research center (near Aachen) against export of spent fuel from Jülich to SRS. SRS Watch is a non ...