First off, #TimothyMousseau is one of the few people who I trust to tell the truth about the consequences of #Chernobyl. This is from 2014 on the Library of Congress website. I'm downloading a copy just in case...

[Film video] Biological Consequences of Nuclear Disasters: From Chernobyl to Fukushima

May 15, 2014

Summary:

Timothy Mousseau discusses the impact of #radioactive #fallout from the #Chernobyl disaster on natural populations and the impact of high radiation levels on the #Fukushima, Japan, area. One aim of his research is to determine whether or not organisms can adapt to radioactive environments.

Mousseau: "I think the bacterial community was not affected by the radiation, did not change in response to the radiation.

"Whereas the fungal community did change depending on the background."

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689423/

#RadiotrophicFungus #Mutation

#InTheNews - #Radiation eating fungus. Savior or #NuclearIndustry PR? I've always been fascinated by the #RadiotrophicFungus. But is it truly performing #Radiosynthesis? What is the "chemical byproduct"? Also, I do remember reading about #FukushimaBlackMold and #SpaceFungus on the #ISS. Hmmmm....

Species in #Chernobyl disaster zone is mutating to feed on nuclear radiation

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR, 1 December 2025

"Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind.

A strange black fungus called #CladosporiumSphaerospermum, found growing on abandoned reactor walls, hasn't just learned to survive the deadly fallout, but several strains now grow faster when radiation is present and even move towards it."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15342393/Species-Chernobyl-disaster-feed-nuclear-radiation.html

#BlackFungus #Radiotrophic #NuclearRadiation