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Ukraine: Iraqi Scientists Trained in Pripyat

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Iraq, U.S.A., Ukraine, Disaster, Education, Environment, Governance, International Relations, Science

Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes [1] that “three Texas Tech professors and their graduate students trained 27 Iraqi scientists about processes needed to clean up radioactive debris” this past June in Pripyat: “Well, that’s an interesting use of Pripyat – train Iraqis on radiation clean up techniques in a city that officials have failed to completely decontaminate over the last 23 years. If nothing else, the Iraqis learned what some of their cities may look like in the near future.”