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Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Y. Ohashi, M. Konishi, H. Yoshioka, K. Yoshinaga, H. Yoshioka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 437-441
Biology | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22627
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The protecting effect of (−)-epicatechin (EC), (−)-epicatechin gallate (ECg), (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) and 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) on the DNA strand scission induced in tritiated water was analyzed. The scission with the hydroxyl radical produced by the decomposition of water molecules was decreased by the addition of above reagents. Protective effect of EGCg, EC and DMPO was dependent on their concentrations, but that of ECg and EGC was independent. Therefore, it was considered that certain amounts of ECg, EGC molecules might locate around DNA molecules, interacting with DNA.
