Comments on: Chornobyl legacy http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/ my life and times in Ukraine and Moldova Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:05:08 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sergii http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-23880 Sergii Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:48:53 +0000 http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/#comment-23880 It is a very clever article of Ann's, based on her PRACTICAL experience of helping people at the territories, adjacent (and often even remote) to the Chernobyl area. The questions, "shelled" in the previous reply, are either totally irrelevant (eg, "What are the merits of moving the UN HQ from the East River to the Prypyat River — overnight — the way it happened to Prypyat residents in 1986?") or based on misinformation, spread by the mediamen, who visit the site for a couple of days to take hot photos ("the terribler the better") and simply fail to see the actual reality (not the pictures, preconceived in their mind). I wish the author of the quiestions answered them him/herself. Well done, Ann! My respect to your courage and very precise, balanced wording of this rather delicate topic. I'll advice pripyat.com to republish yr post. It is a very clever article of Ann’s, based on her PRACTICAL experience of helping people at the territories, adjacent (and often even remote) to the Chernobyl area.
The questions, “shelled” in the previous reply, are either totally irrelevant (eg, “What are the merits of moving the UN HQ from the East River to the Prypyat River — overnight — the way it happened to Prypyat residents in 1986?”) or based on misinformation, spread by the mediamen, who visit the site for a couple of days to take hot photos (“the terribler the better”) and simply fail to see the actual reality (not the pictures, preconceived in their mind). I wish the author of the quiestions answered them him/herself.
Well done, Ann! My respect to your courage and very precise, balanced wording of this rather delicate topic. I’ll advice pripyat.com to republish yr post.

]]> By: Taras http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-23480 Taras Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:23:52 +0000 http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/#comment-23480 >>I certainly think the chance to spend a summer in another country is a fantastic opportunity for any kid, no matter where they are from. And the more Ukrainians, especially young Ukrainians, who can travel abroad and see examples of life in other countries, the better. At the least, they will see what other people expect and receive from their governments - good roads, clean water, gas lines. I wholeheartedly share your emphasis on cross-cultural learning via exchange programs. But I do have some heavy-hearted questions regarding some of the other emphatic claims you make. >>Twenty-one years after the accident, most of the Ukrainian territory designated as Chornobyl-affected is fine for human habitation, with radiation levels lower than natural background radiation is some parts of the world (northern Finland, for example), or even completely dissipated. Are you willing to raise your children in one of those “fine” areas? What is the half-life of cesium-137, strontium-90, plutonium-239, and uranium-235? What is the state of the sarcophagus? What is the seismic structure of the affected area? What are the merits of moving the UN HQ from the East River to the Prypyat River — overnight — the way it happened to Prypyat residents in 1986? What makes <a href="http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/DeptWeb/Homepages/smr/Reprints/FrontCover.jpg ">this</a> kid “Chornobyl-affected” today? Can the UN put a “happy face” on that kid? Is Chornobyl denial the healthy thing to do when applied to your own kids? >>I certainly think the chance to spend a summer in another country is a fantastic opportunity for any kid, no matter where they are from. And the more Ukrainians, especially young Ukrainians, who can travel abroad and see examples of life in other countries, the better. At the least, they will see what other people expect and receive from their governments – good roads, clean water, gas lines.

I wholeheartedly share your emphasis on cross-cultural learning via exchange programs. But I do have some heavy-hearted questions regarding some of the other emphatic claims you make.

>>Twenty-one years after the accident, most of the Ukrainian territory designated as Chornobyl-affected is fine for human habitation, with radiation levels lower than natural background radiation is some parts of the world (northern Finland, for example), or even completely dissipated.

Are you willing to raise your children in one of those “fine” areas? What is the half-life of cesium-137, strontium-90, plutonium-239, and uranium-235? What is the state of the sarcophagus? What is the seismic structure of the affected area? What are the merits of moving the UN HQ from the East River to the Prypyat River — overnight — the way it happened to Prypyat residents in 1986? What makes this kid “Chornobyl-affected” today? Can the UN put a “happy face” on that kid? Is Chornobyl denial the healthy thing to do when applied to your own kids?

]]> By: Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » ウクライナ：被害者は儲かる？ http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/comment-page-1/#comment-23376 Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » ウクライナ：被害者は儲かる？ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:30:50 +0000 http://www.pcmoldovann.com/archives/2007/10/15/chornobyl-legacy/#comment-23376 [...] （ショートリンク） MoldovAnnは、「いわゆる”チェルノブイリの子どもたち”」のためのプログラムやその他のチェルノブイリ関係の援助活動に対し批判的な見方をしている：「援助団体は人びとの生活を改善したいと思っていることは分かっている。しかし、彼らが”キエフからそれほど遠くなく、短期間の訪問でも簡単に行けるからどこどこの地域を支援することにした”と言うのを聞いていると、真に受け取りがたい。本当に一番貧窮して、影響を受け、そして危険に晒されている人びとを助けたいのなら、誰も行かないからこそ遠くの隔離された行くのが困難な場所へいくべきだ — そこにこそ誰も行かないのだから 」 [...] [...] （ショートリンク） MoldovAnnは、「いわゆる”チェルノブイリの子どもたち”」のためのプログラムやその他のチェルノブイリ関係の援助活動に対し批判的な見方をしている：「援助団体は人びとの生活を改善したいと思っていることは分かっている。しかし、彼らが”キエフからそれほど遠くなく、短期間の訪問でも簡単に行けるからどこどこの地域を支援することにした”と言うのを聞いていると、真に受け取りがたい。本当に一番貧窮して、影響を受け、そして危険に晒されている人びとを助けたいのなら、誰も行かないからこそ遠くの隔離された行くのが困難な場所へいくべきだ — そこにこそ誰も行かないのだから 」 [...]

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