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Наука и окружающая среда

Воздействие, загрязнение и наука, стоящая за судебными делами.

6 минут чтения

Китай превратил торий в топливо. Ядерное будущее строится на Востоке

В пустыне Гоби небольшой китайский реактор сделал то, чего не сделал ни один другой: работал на тории и превратил его в урановое топливо. Атомные мощности Китая только что превзошли французские, а этим летом одобрено восемь новых реакторов. Как Китай построил самую амбициозную ядерную программу в мире, что может изменить торий и чему Европа и Сербия могут у него научиться.

Автор: Легал Смарт·
Здоровье·6 минут чтения

Lung Cancer in People Who Never Smoked: What the Air, Radon and Serbia’s Numbers Are Telling Us

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The disease kills more people than any other cancer, and a growing share of patients never touched a cigarette. New research points to polluted air and to radon, a gas born from uranium in the ground. What we know, what Serbia's figures show and the symptoms nobody should ignore.

Автор: Legal Smart·
Война·5 минут чтения

What Happens When a Depleted Uranium Round Strikes: The Physics, the Dust and the Warnings

The 30 mm round fired by an A-10 aircraft is about the length of a hand. Inside it sits a slim rod of depleted uranium weighing roughly 300 grams, and the aircraft’s cannon fires thousands of them a minute. In 1999 about 31,000 were fired at targets in Kosovo, southern Serbia and Montenegro.

Автор: Legal Smart·
Здоровье·5 минут чтения

Black Rain Over Pančevo: What the Chemical Fires of 1999 Released

Rainwater collected in Pančevo just after the April 1999 strikes looked like Coca-Cola, a Serbian study recalls, and contained lead, copper and mercury. Above the town the petrochemical plant, the fertiliser works and the refinery burned, releasing by the researchers’ estimate 16 kilograms of soot a second.

Автор: Legal Smart·
5 минут чтения

What the Tissue Shows

A laboratory report filed in Serbian proceedings measured heavy metals in the biopsy tissue of a former soldier and a civilian. What it found, the argument behind it, and the questions a court will ask.

Автор: Science Desk·
Право·7 минут чтения

The World Court Has Spoken on Climate. The Harder Question Is Who Pays.

A Peruvian farmer lost his case against a German energy company, but the court accepted the principle behind it. The International Court of Justice has since defined what states owe. Neither has yet answered the question on which compensation depends.

Автор: Legal Correspondent·