Serhii Plokhy

Some people would question them because it's also the issue of not just dying, but impact of radiation on cancer, on our health, which is not completely understood yet. So still there is a lot of question marks. But let's assume what you are saying. That's the figures. That's how it is. But we as people, we, for whatever reason, are not afraid of coal. But we are very much afraid of radiation.

It's invisible. It's COVID. It's everywhere. And you can't see it. And then you start having issues. And then you have problems. And during the COVID, the governments closed the borders. Maybe a good idea, maybe not so good ideas. Isolation. So that was the way. The government started to fight for access to Pfizer, to Moderna, to Sputnik, to whatever it is, to vaccine.

It's invisible. It's COVID. It's everywhere. And you can't see it. And then you start having issues. And then you have problems. And during the COVID, the governments closed the borders. Maybe a good idea, maybe not so good ideas. Isolation. So that was the way. The government started to fight for access to Pfizer, to Moderna, to Sputnik, to whatever it is, to vaccine.

It's invisible. It's COVID. It's everywhere. And you can't see it. And then you start having issues. And then you have problems. And during the COVID, the governments closed the borders. Maybe a good idea, maybe not so good ideas. Isolation. So that was the way. The government started to fight for access to Pfizer, to Moderna, to Sputnik, to whatever it is, to vaccine.

So now back to the radiation. What is happening once Chernobyl happens? That's the highest point in the development of nuclear industry so far in terms of how many new reactors were commissioned or the licenses were issued. The next reactor after Three Mile Island in the US go-ahead was given, it seems to me, 10 years ago or something like that.

So now back to the radiation. What is happening once Chernobyl happens? That's the highest point in the development of nuclear industry so far in terms of how many new reactors were commissioned or the licenses were issued. The next reactor after Three Mile Island in the US go-ahead was given, it seems to me, 10 years ago or something like that.

So now back to the radiation. What is happening once Chernobyl happens? That's the highest point in the development of nuclear industry so far in terms of how many new reactors were commissioned or the licenses were issued. The next reactor after Three Mile Island in the US go-ahead was given, it seems to me, 10 years ago or something like that.

If Fukushima happens, the reaction is in China to that as well. They're very much concerned. There is a saying in the field, anywhere is Chernobyl everywhere. After Fukushima, Germany decides to go nuclear-free and gets there at the expense of burning coal. That's how we react. Each major accident, that means global freeze. on the nuclear reactor production for at least another 10 years.

If Fukushima happens, the reaction is in China to that as well. They're very much concerned. There is a saying in the field, anywhere is Chernobyl everywhere. After Fukushima, Germany decides to go nuclear-free and gets there at the expense of burning coal. That's how we react. Each major accident, that means global freeze. on the nuclear reactor production for at least another 10 years.

If Fukushima happens, the reaction is in China to that as well. They're very much concerned. There is a saying in the field, anywhere is Chernobyl everywhere. After Fukushima, Germany decides to go nuclear-free and gets there at the expense of burning coal. That's how we react. Each major accident, that means global freeze. on the nuclear reactor production for at least another 10 years.

That's what I mean that nuclear industry is not just in terms of technology, not just in terms of radiation, impact on health, but also politically a very, very unreliable option.

That's what I mean that nuclear industry is not just in terms of technology, not just in terms of radiation, impact on health, but also politically a very, very unreliable option.

That's what I mean that nuclear industry is not just in terms of technology, not just in terms of radiation, impact on health, but also politically a very, very unreliable option.

I think we can be trained, right? We can be trained.

I think we can be trained, right? We can be trained.

I think we can be trained, right? We can be trained.

Education. But generally, we are afraid of things that we see. But even more we are afraid of things that we don't see. And radiation is one of those.

Education. But generally, we are afraid of things that we see. But even more we are afraid of things that we don't see. And radiation is one of those.

Education. But generally, we are afraid of things that we see. But even more we are afraid of things that we don't see. And radiation is one of those.

As a historian, I'm trained that way. I have a feeling of deja vu. I see the Cold War is coming back in many of its features. And the war started, and we discussed that, in 2014, at least in my interpretation, with Russia trying to really reestablish its control over the post-Soviet space, and Ukraine was crucial for that project.