Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block four exploded.
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New Publication: Exploring Chernobyl’s Connection to Dnieper Hydropower
Today my article “Joining the Dnieper Cascade. An Envirotechnical Water-History of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 1927-1986” was published online in the journal Water History. I am really happy that this was possible. You should check it out! Unsurprisingly, I am indebted to so many people who supported me during the four years this little projectContinue reading “New Publication: Exploring Chernobyl’s Connection to Dnieper Hydropower”
Merry Christmas ! (…and some 2025 Aspirations)
The end of the year is approaching rapidly, and as usual the last pre-Christmas week is being used to tie up all those loose ends, that had been left untended during the last quarter of the year. Let me use this moment to wish you all a wonderful holiday season, with lots of cookies, regeneration,Continue reading “Merry Christmas ! (…and some 2025 Aspirations)”
Tensions of Europe is coming up!
*Update: Unfortunately I was forced to cancel my in-person-participation at the conference due to urgent private matters that reached me yesterday night. I will be giving the presentation remotely via Zoom. (As of 2024-09-18)* In already two weeks we are going to meet in Frankfurt (Oder) for the next Tensions of Europe conference, discussing tonsContinue reading “Tensions of Europe is coming up!”
Remembering Chernobyl
Today is the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which began on 26 April 1986 at 1.23 am. At the moment it is impossible to remember what happened at the downstream end of the Pripyat River without thinking about the horrible war taking place in Ukraine. What we witness right now has never happened before:Continue reading “Remembering Chernobyl”
10 October 2023, 12.15: From Hydro to Nuclear Power. The Role of Water in the Soviet Nuclear Industry
Polar Geopolitics Podcast: New Episode about the Kakhovka Dam Destruction
On 15 June 2023 Eric Paglia, the host of the Polar Geopolitics Podcast and researcher in the division of history of science, technology, and environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, interviewed me about the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, its meaning for the war in Ukraine and the geopolitical position of Russia.Continue reading “Polar Geopolitics Podcast: New Episode about the Kakhovka Dam Destruction”
Research in Kiev
Every writer knows that there are different phases in our work. Of course, the most important phase is the writing phase. After all, it is our job to produce high-quality texts, is it not? Subsequently, every writer also knows that in order to be able to do so, one needs high-quality sources. While working asContinue reading “Research in Kiev”
Achim Klüppelberg 