British vodka made from Chernobyl water is being advertised in Ukraine
A team of scientists from Ukraine and Great Britain produced and presented an experimental radioactively safe alcohol from Chernobyl water and wheat using the traditional “homemade” technique.
This was reported by the press service of the State Agency of Ukraine for Management of the Exclusion Zone.
“Water from Chernobyl wells was used to produce the experimental batch of Atomic. The distilled alcohol was mixed with mineral water from a deep aquifer in the city of Chernobyl, which has a similar chemical composition to the groundwater of the Champagne region in France. No radioactive contamination was found in the water,” the report says.
The scientists' research project lasted 3 years and consisted of studying the migration of radionuclides from the soil of the exclusion zone into agricultural crops grown in this territory. In the finished drink, scientists were able to detect only the natural radionuclide carbon-14, the concentration of which was no more than in any other alcoholic drink.
The researchers plan to establish the production of craft vodka from grain grown in the mandatory resettlement zone, and return 75% of the profits to the community of the regions affected by the Chernobyl accident.
“We do not plan to grow grain in the exclusion zone on an industrial scale, since it is now a wildlife reserve. Instead, we want to work in a mandatory resettlement zone, where pollution levels are much lower and where people still live. We are committed to making a high-value product to support the economic development of these areas,” said Professor Jim Smith from the University of Portsmouth.
As noted in GAZO, a social enterprise “Chernobyl Alcohol Company” is now being created, which in the future will produce and sell this vodka. After the legal issues are resolved, the scientists want to begin small-scale experimental production.
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