Russian forces suffer radiation sickness after digging trenches and fishing in Chernobyl
1 year, 8 months ago

Russian forces suffer radiation sickness after digging trenches and fishing in Chernobyl

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russian troops who dug trenches in Chernobyl forest during their occupation of the area have been struck down with radiation sickness, authorities have confirmed. The Chernobyl disaster is known as the world’s worst civil nuclear incident On 24 February 2022, Russian forces crossed into Chernobyl from Belarus, where they remained for five weeks. “Don’t try to find logic, it’s stupid,” said Oksana Pyshna, 30, a tour guide turned employee of the state ministry responsible for the exclusion zone, told the newspaper.

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How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022
4 weeks ago

How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022

Live Mint  

W.W. Norton; 240 pages; $29.99. “We’re keeping calm for the time being,” Mr Heiko told his colleague, even though there were no guidelines for what employees at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant should do in the event of war. The nuclear facility is terrain he knows well: Mr Plokhy previously produced an outstanding account of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, …

What are the risks surrounding Zaporizhzhya, the nuclear power plant in a war zone?
1 year, 6 months ago

What are the risks surrounding Zaporizhzhya, the nuclear power plant in a war zone?

The Hindu  

Nuclear power plants are complex and sophisticated facilities with several layers of safety measures, but no NPP in the world is built to withstand military conflict — and this is the exactly what has befallen the Zaporizhzhya NPP in Ukraine. In June, a Lithuania-based NGO named the Bellona Foundation published a report, authored by its nuclear advisor Dmitry Gorchakov, analysing …

Russians reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukrainian intelligence says
1 year, 6 months ago

Russians reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukrainian intelligence says

ABC  

Russia is gradually reducing the number of personnel at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Ukraine's military intelligence agency says. Key points: Ukraine's GUR MO intelligence agency says Russians stationed at Zaporizhzhia's nuclear power plant have begun to leave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is boosting the military presence in Ukraine's north after the Wagner Group's arrival in Belarus Poland detained a …

What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened
1 year, 8 months ago

What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Illegal tour of Chernobyl visits …

Ukrainians mark Chernobyl disaster amid nuclear threats
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukrainians mark Chernobyl disaster amid nuclear threats

Associated Press  

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats, somberly laying flowers at a monument for victims. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used the day to repeat his warnings about the potential threat of a new atomic catastrophe in Ukraine amid …

How geologists are using history’s worst nuclear disaster to open up earth’s history
1 year, 9 months ago

How geologists are using history’s worst nuclear disaster to open up earth’s history

The Hindu  

Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In new research published in American Mineralogist, my colleagues and I show tiny zircons formed at Chernobyl change our understanding of how these crystals behave – and what they tell us about Earth’s past. Nuclear power plant reactor meltdowns have happened …

Opinion: Don’t wake the nuclear giant on our doorstep
2 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Don’t wake the nuclear giant on our doorstep

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sasha Dovzhyk is a special projects curator at the Ukrainian Institute London and Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian at School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, University College London. Sasha Dovzhyk with her best friend Diliara Didenko in Zaporizhzhia, 2002. courtesy Sasha Dovzhyk Growing up in Zaporizhzhia, the south eastern Ukrainian city some 50 kilometers away from the largest nuclear …

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks

The Hindu  

Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine's atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat on Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which …

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks

Associated Press  

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine’s atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power …

Russia and Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia and Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks

LA Times  

Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, intensifying fears that the fighting could cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine’s atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat Sunday by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Russian …

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: The real worst-case scenario
2 years, 4 months ago

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: The real worst-case scenario

The Telegraph  

When Chernobyl melted down in 1986 it led to a radioactive wind, radiation poisoning deaths and an exclusion zone the size of Derbyshire. Now, Europe’s biggest nuclear reactor, Zaporizhzhia, is in the spotlight, with concerns it could be the next name on this infamous list of nuclear reactor disasters as it remains in the crossfire of Putin’s war, reduced to …

Russia warns of another Chernobyl over Ukraine's attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia warns of another Chernobyl over Ukraine's attacks

India TV News  

Ukraine's ongoing attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant may cause a far worse disaster for Europe than the current energy crisis, a Russian Defense Ministry official has warned, media reports said. Igor Kirillov, who heads Russia's Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Troops, illustrated the likely worst-case scenario of a direct hit on Europe's largest nuclear plant, during a …

Inside damaged Chernobyl nuclear plant after Russians seized site during Ukraine invasion
2 years, 7 months ago

Inside damaged Chernobyl nuclear plant after Russians seized site during Ukraine invasion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy These images show the damage …

Explained | The Chernobyl nuclear disaster
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | The Chernobyl nuclear disaster

The Hindu  

Overview: The United Nations General Assembly vide resolution 71/125 in 2016 designated April 26 as the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. On April 26, 1986, a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the erstwhile Soviet Union was subjected to improper testing at low-power, resulting in loss of control. The explosion explained The World Nuclear Association says that …

Nuclear chief: Russia’s Chernobyl seizure risked accident
2 years, 8 months ago

Nuclear chief: Russia’s Chernobyl seizure risked accident

Associated Press  

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Thirty-six years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that Russian troops risked causing an accident with their “very, very dangerous” seizure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Standing under an umbrella during a rain shower outside the damaged plant, agency Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said …

Russian takeover of Chernobyl was ‘very dangerous’: IAEA chief
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian takeover of Chernobyl was ‘very dangerous’: IAEA chief

Al Jazeera  

Rafael Grossi says radiation levels around the former nuclear plant are now ‘normal’ but were up during the Russian occupation. The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog says Russia’s temporary takeover of the Chernobyl site was “very, very dangerous” and raised radiation levels but those have now returned to normal. “The situation was absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous,” …

From sanctions to shelling: Key moments in two months of Ukraine war
2 years, 8 months ago

From sanctions to shelling: Key moments in two months of Ukraine war

Hindustan Times  

The war between Russia and Ukraine entered its third month on Sunday with no end in sight to Moscow’s aggression in the war-torn nation. The beginning of war - The Ukraine war began on February 24 when the Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine for a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine. First round of …

Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’

Associated Press  

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Even now, weeks after the Russians left, “I need to calm down,” the plant’s main security engineer, Valerii Semenov, told The Associated Press. Russia’s invasion marks the first time that occupying a nuclear plant was part of a nation’s war strategy, …

Chernobyl Was a Wildlife Haven. Then Russian Troops Arrived
2 years, 9 months ago

Chernobyl Was a Wildlife Haven. Then Russian Troops Arrived

Wired  

Germán Orizaola was standing in the shadow of Chernobyl Power Plant’s reactor Number Four—the epicenter of the worst nuclear accident ever. Orizaola had come to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to collect tree frogs and find out whether living in the shadow of disaster had a lasting effect on the creatures’ genetics. Another Ukrainian scientist who manages research in the Exclusion …

Russia pulls back from north as Red Cross pushes Mariupol rescue
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia pulls back from north as Red Cross pushes Mariupol rescue

The Hindu  

Ukraine on Saturday said Russian forces were making a "rapid retreat" from northern areas around the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv as the Red Cross prepared for a fresh evacuation effort from the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Mr. Podolyak said Russian forces would "dig in there, set up air defence, drastically reduce losses and dictate terms. "We …

Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
2 years, 9 months ago

Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers …

'Russian mutants lost this round,' Ukraine says after troops leave Chernobyl
2 years, 9 months ago

'Russian mutants lost this round,' Ukraine says after troops leave Chernobyl

NPR  

'Russian mutants lost this round,' Ukraine says after troops leave Chernobyl Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris McGrath/Getty Images Chris McGrath/Getty Images Russia's force has fully withdrawn from the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine's defense ministry confirmed on Friday. "Russian mutants lost this round of @stalker_thegame," the ministry said via Twitter, referring to the Stalker video game …

Ukraine nuclear operator: Russian troops leave Chernobyl
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine nuclear operator: Russian troops leave Chernobyl

Associated Press  

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine’s border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear operator company said. The operator, Energoatom said that the Russian military was also preparing to leave Slavutych, a nearby city where power plant workers live. Energoatom also said reports were confirmed that the Russians dug trenches in the …

Ukraine reports 300 died in Russian airstrike on Mariupol theatre
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine reports 300 died in Russian airstrike on Mariupol theatre

The Hindu  

Ukrainian authorities said Friday that about 300 people died when a Russian airstrike blew up a theater where hundreds of civilians were sheltering — a catastrophic loss of civilian life that, if confirmed, is likely to further crank up pressure on Western nations to step up military aid. His foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Friday characterized the Western pressure as …

Chernobyl nuclear plant's lab destroyed by Russian forces, says Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Chernobyl nuclear plant's lab destroyed by Russian forces, says Ukraine

Hindustan Times  

Russian forces have destroyed a functioning laboratory at the derelict Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the exclusion zone said Tuesday. Ukraine's nuclear regulatory agency on Monday had said that the radiation monitors around the plant had stopped working. Ukraine's nuclear regulatory agency on Monday said radiation monitors around the plant had stopped working. READ: Ukraine …

Live updates: Russians destroy Chernobyl laboratory
2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates: Russians destroy Chernobyl laboratory

Associated Press  

LVIV, Ukraine -- Russian military forces have destroyed a new laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that among other things works to improve management of radioactive waste, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone said Tuesday. He hasn’t achieved yet.” But he insisted the military operation was going “strictly in accordance with the plans and purposes …

Is a nuclear disaster likely in Ukraine?
2 years, 9 months ago

Is a nuclear disaster likely in Ukraine?

Al Jazeera  

The IAEA and nuclear experts warn Ukrainian nuclear sites are at risk following Russia’s invasion. The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed “grave concern” about the security of Ukraine’s nuclear sites, warning that the fundamental principles of safely operating such facilities had been violated at the two captured sites. The nuclear watchdog has also expressed concern about the conditions in which …

Chernobyl nuclear plant loses power again after supply lines damaged by Russian forces, says Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Chernobyl nuclear plant loses power again after supply lines damaged by Russian forces, says Ukraine

Firstpost  

The nuclear plant enclosed in a giant steel and concrete sarcophagus lost power early last week but supply was restored on Sunday Kyiv: Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, has once again lost its electricity supply, energy operator Ukrenergo said Monday. “The line that supplies the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and …

Power is back on at Chernobyl power station as ‘nuclear disaster averted’
2 years, 9 months ago

Power is back on at Chernobyl power station as ‘nuclear disaster averted’

The Independent  

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Power restored to Ukraine\'s Chernobyl plant, seized by Russian forces: Kyiv
2 years, 9 months ago

Power restored to Ukraine\'s Chernobyl plant, seized by Russian forces: Kyiv

Deccan Chronicle  

Kyiv: Electricity supply has been restored at Ukraine's retired Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was seized by Russian forces in the first days of the invasion, energy officials in Kyiv said Sunday. "Today, thanks to the incredible efforts of specialists, our nuclear power engineers and electricians managed to return the power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was …

March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
2 years, 9 months ago

March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Ukraine’s defense ministry has alleged that Russia plans to carry out some sort of terrorist attack at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is now under the control of Russian forces. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence claimed on its Facebook page Friday that “the available intelligence says Putin has ordered that his troops to prepare a …

March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
2 years, 9 months ago

March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Ukraine’s defense ministry has alleged that Russia plans to carry out some sort of terrorist attack at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is now under the control of Russian forces. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence claimed on its Facebook page Friday that “the available intelligence says Putin has ordered that his troops to prepare a …

What we know about Chernobyl since Russia took control of the site after invading Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

What we know about Chernobyl since Russia took control of the site after invading Ukraine

ABC  

International concern about Russia capturing nuclear power plant sites, including the defunct Chernobyl — site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986 — has been mounting since the Russian-Ukrainian war began last month. On Wednesday, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said it had lost all communications with the Chernobyl site, along with Zaporizhzhia — the largest nuclear power plant …

Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl ‘cut off from grid by Russians’, sparking fears over cooling of spent nuclear fuel

The Independent  

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Chernobyl: Why did Russian troops take control of infamous nuclear disaster site?
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl: Why did Russian troops take control of infamous nuclear disaster site?

The Independent  

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Ukraine calls for ceasefire to restore power at Chernobyl
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine calls for ceasefire to restore power at Chernobyl

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine reports power cut at the Chernobyl nuclear plant as IAEA says outage has no ‘critical impact’ on safety. Energoatom said radioactive substances could be released if the plant cannot cool spent nuclear fuel, and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said reserve diesel generators can power the plant for only 48 hours. The International Atomic Energy Agency wrote on Twitter that …

Russia-Ukraine war: With stress on stranded workers, risk at Chernobyl nuclear site rises
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: With stress on stranded workers, risk at Chernobyl nuclear site rises

India Today  

Russia on March 4 reportedly took full control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant — the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster that occurred in 1986. EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL STRESS OF WORKERS RISES The Russian soldiers have been able to station themselves inside the 32 km Chernobyl exclusion zone and have surrounded the perimeter of the plant. "Some of the …

Russian Invasion Based on 'Horrible Lie', War Crimes Committed: Ukraine to ICJ
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian Invasion Based on 'Horrible Lie', War Crimes Committed: Ukraine to ICJ

The Quint  

Ukraine also argued that the invasion posed serious risks of environmental damage, including nuclear accidents. Ukraine also alleged that Russia was attacking fuel depots, like the one at Vasylkiv, to deprive the Ukrainian military of fuel, releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the air that would affect levels of greenhouse emissions. Another potential environmental and humanitarian disaster was looming …

Russian Invasion Based on 'Horrible Lie', War Crimes Committed: Ukraine to ICJ
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian Invasion Based on 'Horrible Lie', War Crimes Committed: Ukraine to ICJ

The Quint  

Ukraine also argued that the invasion posed serious risks of environmental damage, including nuclear accidents. Ukraine also alleged that Russia was attacking fuel depots, like the one at Vasylkiv, to deprive the Ukrainian military of fuel, releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the air that would affect levels of greenhouse emissions. Another potential environmental and humanitarian disaster was looming …

Russian forces interfering at Ukraine nuclear plant: IAEA
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian forces interfering at Ukraine nuclear plant: IAEA

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine told the United Nations agency that Russia switched off some mobile networks and the internet at the Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russian forces have tightened their control on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant since seizing it on Friday, the United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday that Ukraine’s nuclear regulator …

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm
2 years, 10 months ago

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine’s state nuclear plant operator Enerhoatom said three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded. In the U.S., …

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm
2 years, 10 months ago

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm

Al Jazeera  

Russian strike sparks global alarm it could dwarf the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl in 1986. After the attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the southeastern city of Enerdohar on Friday, the chief of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said a Russian “projectile” hit a training centre, not any of the six reactors. …

Russia’s nuke plant attack revives Chernobyl disaster fears
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia’s nuke plant attack revives Chernobyl disaster fears

Associated Press  

LONDON — Russia’s attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine has revived the fears of people across Europe who remember the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which killed at least 30 people and spewed radioactive fallout over much of the Northern Hemisphere. Politicians rushed to criticize Russia’s “reckless” actions, and Ukrainian authorities renewed calls for a no-fly zone to ensure Europe …

War in Ukraine: UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Offers to Go to Chernobyl after Russian Shelling Injures 2
2 years, 10 months ago

War in Ukraine: UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Offers to Go to Chernobyl after Russian Shelling Injures 2

News 18  

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog offered Friday to travel to Chernobyl to negotiate with Ukraine and Russia and ensure the security of Ukraine’s nuclear sites. “I have indicated to both the Russian Federation and Ukraine my availability… to travel to Chernobyl as soon as possible,” Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters. Grossi …

Ukraine minister's "10 times worse than Chernobyl" warning on nuclear plant fire
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine minister's "10 times worse than Chernobyl" warning on nuclear plant fire

Hindustan Times  

Ukraine minister Dmytro Kuleba gave a dire warning on Friday about the fire at a nuclear power plant, one of the largest in Europe, after massive shelling by Moscow. "Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr …

EXPLAINER: How dangerous was Russia’s nuclear plant strike?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: How dangerous was Russia’s nuclear plant strike?

India TV News  

Highlights Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday, sparking a fire at one of its six reactors and raising fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. “It is of critical importance that …

With Chernobyl capture, Putin has wound the clock 36 years back to Soviet story
2 years, 10 months ago

With Chernobyl capture, Putin has wound the clock 36 years back to Soviet story

India Today  

When the Russian forces hurriedly captured a relatively unguarded Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of the country on February 24, he took back the Great Russian Dream story 36 years back from where it all began. The protests over the disaster in Chernobyl nuclear plant, barely 150 km from Kyiv, the Ukrainian …

Ukraine's Nuclear Agency Reports Higher Chernobyl Radiation After Russian Military Takeover
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine's Nuclear Agency Reports Higher Chernobyl Radiation After Russian Military Takeover

ABP News  

Kyiv: Ukraine’s nuclear energy regulatory agency has said that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant. Higher gamma radiation levels have been detected in the Chernobyl zone, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said on Friday, AP reported. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, however, did not provide details of the …

Russia seizes control over Chernobyl: Timeline since 1986 meltdown, why it raises fears of 'ecological disaster'
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia seizes control over Chernobyl: Timeline since 1986 meltdown, why it raises fears of 'ecological disaster'

Firstpost  

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier warned such a disaster could happen again if Russia continued its invasion. ‘Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,’ Zelenskyy wrote earlier on Twitter Ukraine on Friday said that Russian troops seized control of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear …

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