You can catch a train into the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
3 years, 5 months ago

You can catch a train into the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

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 Testing has started on a railway line which would lead into the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. It is owned by Ukrainian state-owned nuclear power plant operator NNRGC and was rebuilt over the course of a month. In total, 95 staff helped to rebuild the 16 mile line which is intended to be used to move spent nuclear fuel from three nuclear plants to Chernobyl by train.

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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  

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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  

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Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

LA Times  

Girls play as a woman distributes iodine tablets to residents at a school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday. The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Kremlin-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected from its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve …

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,” …

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 …

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 …

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 says all Russian forces have left Chernobyl power plant
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine says all Russian forces have left Chernobyl power plant

Al Jazeera  

All the Russian troops that occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power station have now left the site, officials in Kyiv said, as heavy fighting continues to rage on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital and other fronts. “There are no longer any outsiders on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,” Ukraine’s state agency in charge of the Chernobyl exclusion …

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 …

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 …

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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Chernobyl no longer sending safety signals and ‘increasingly urgent’ to rotate nuclear plant staff after Russian seizure
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl no longer sending safety signals and ‘increasingly urgent’ to rotate nuclear plant staff after Russian seizure

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 …

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 …

Radiation levels rise in Chernobyl after Russian takeover, claims Ukraine's nuclear agency
2 years, 10 months ago

Radiation levels rise in Chernobyl after Russian takeover, claims Ukraine's nuclear agency

India Today  

A day after the city of Chernobyl was captured by the Russian forces, Ukraine's nuclear energy regulatory agency claimed that higher gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the nuclear plant. According to a report by the Associated Press, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected …

Ukraine nuclear agency says Chernobyl radiation levels rising, day after being seized by Russia
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine nuclear agency says Chernobyl radiation levels rising, day after being seized by Russia

Firstpost  

The agency attributed the rise to ‘disturbance of topsoil due to heavy military equipment movement.’ The now-defunct Chernobyl was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986 Kyiv: Ukraine’s nuclear energy regulatory agency says that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, after it was seized by …

Ukraine Nuclear Agency Finds Chernobyl Radiation Rise After Russia Seizes Area
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine Nuclear Agency Finds Chernobyl Radiation Rise After Russia Seizes Area

News 18  

Ukraine’s nuclear energy regulatory agency says that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, after it was seized by the Russian military. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said Friday that higher gamma radiation levels have been detected in the Chernobyl zone, but didn’t provide details of the increase. Russian …

Explained - Why did Russia capture Chernobyl, site of horrific nuclear incident
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained - Why did Russia capture Chernobyl, site of horrific nuclear incident

Hindustan Times  

Chernobyl - the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in April 1986 - is now under Russian control. This file photograph taken on December 8, 2020 shows a monument in front of the giant protective dome built over the sarcophagus of the destroyed fourth reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Military experts believe Russia moved to capture Chernobyl simply …

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine’s nuclear agency reports increased radiation levels from Chernobyl
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine’s nuclear agency reports increased radiation levels from Chernobyl

India TV News  

Highlights Higher than usual gamma radiation levels reported in Chernobyl nuclear plant Russia took the plant and its surrounding exclusion zone 1986 Chernobyl disaster sent a radioactive cloud across Europe Russia-Ukraine War Latest News: Ukraine's nuclear energy regulatory agency says that higher than usual gamma radiation levels have been detected in the area near the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, after …

Conflicting reports on Chernobyl radiation after Russian capture
2 years, 10 months ago

Conflicting reports on Chernobyl radiation after Russian capture

Al Jazeera  

The stricken nuclear facility was captured by Russian forces on Thursday after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Radiation levels increased at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine authorities said on Friday, warning that the seizure of the nuclear plant by invading Russian troops could have “terrible consequences”. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his troops to invade Ukraine …

Russia Ukraine War: Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, captured by Russian forces
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia Ukraine War: Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, captured by Russian forces

India TV News  

Highlights The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone lies between the Belarus-Ukraine border and the Ukrainian capital It is impossible to say that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe: Adviser Podolyak The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces. Ukraine officials said they had lost control of the …

Chernobyl no-go zone targeted as Russia invades Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl no-go zone targeted as Russia invades Ukraine

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — It was among the most worrying developments on an already shocking day, as Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday: warfare at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, where radioactivity is still leaking from history’s worst nuclear disaster 36 years ago. it is impossible to say that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe.” He warned that Russian authorities could blame …

Ukrainian Officials: Russian Forces Capture Chernobyl Nuclear Facility
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukrainian Officials: Russian Forces Capture Chernobyl Nuclear Facility

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Russian forces seized control of the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear facility on Thursday after a battle with Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukrainian officials. “It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians,” Podolyak told Reuters. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a press conference Thursday …

Chernobyl nuclear plant targeted as Russia invades Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl nuclear plant targeted as Russia invades Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Major gun battle breaks out between Russian and Ukrainian forces at the stricken radioactive site, with its safety status now unclear. Fighting broke out after Russia invaded Ukraine at the Chernobyl nuclear plant where radioactivity is still leaking from history’s worst nuclear disaster 36 years ago. Everyone should understand that it’s not only about Ukraine, the whole of Europe is …

Chernobyl: Russian forces seize control of nuclear plant and hold staff hostage, say Ukrainian officials
2 years, 10 months ago

Chernobyl: Russian forces seize control of nuclear plant and hold staff hostage, say Ukrainian officials

CNN  

Kyiv and Lviv, Ukraine CNN — Russian forces have seized control of the Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, and are holding staff hostage, according to Ukrainian officials. Alyona Shevtsova, advisor to the commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces, said on Facebook that Russian forces have taken control of the power station and …

Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl
3 years, 8 months ago

Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that unfolded exactly 35 years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Chernobyl together with Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and vowed to “transform the exclusion zone, as Chernobyl is referred to, into …

Chernobyl serves as a monument to human error 35 years after nuclear disaster
3 years, 8 months ago

Chernobyl serves as a monument to human error 35 years after nuclear disaster

Firstpost  

The Chernobyl plant is out of service, but there is still much work to be done at the decommissioned plant. Editor’s Note: Today is the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that took place on 26 April 1986 due to a flawed reactor design run by unqualified personnel. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of …

35 years since nuclear explosion, Chernobyl remains a place of 'tragedy and memory' for Ukrainians
3 years, 8 months ago

35 years since nuclear explosion, Chernobyl remains a place of 'tragedy and memory' for Ukrainians

Firstpost  

The Chernobyl zone saw its tourism increase twofold after the lauded television miniseries of 2019 and officials hope that level of interest will continue, or grow, once the global pandemic has receded. KYIV, Ukraine: The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. “This is an …

35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires
3 years, 8 months ago

35 years since nuclear disaster, Chernobyl warns, inspires

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. “We are doing everything possible so that this territory, where it is now impossible for people to live, is used with benefit and gives the country a profit,” said Serhiy Kostyuk, head of the …

Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists
4 years, 8 months ago

Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists

India Today  

A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. The Emergency Situations Service said radiation levels in the exclusion zone had not changed and those in nearby Kiev, the …

Ukrainian firefighters battle two blazes near Chernobyl nuclear power plant; over 60 acres of forest affected
4 years, 9 months ago

Ukrainian firefighters battle two blazes near Chernobyl nuclear power plant; over 60 acres of forest affected

Firstpost  

The Chernobyl nuclear plant was evacuated in 1986 following an explosion that caused radioactive contamination. Firefighters in Ukraine put out blazes in two areas of the forest surrounding the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power station on Monday. The nuclear plant was evacuated in 1986 following an explosion that caused radioactive contamination. Yehor Firsov, the head of the state ecological inspection service, …

Chernobyl to become official tourist attraction, Ukraine says
5 years, 5 months ago

Chernobyl to become official tourist attraction, Ukraine says

CNN  

CNN — Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster which resulted in thousands of deaths, is to become an official tourist attraction, Ukraine’s president has announced. It’s time to change it.” On April 26 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, forcing a region-wide evacuation and sending radioactive fallout billowing across Europe. During a visit …

Secrets of Chernobyl spill out more than three decades after the nuclear disaster
5 years, 6 months ago

Secrets of Chernobyl spill out more than three decades after the nuclear disaster

LA Times  

Seated in a jeep and clutching a screeching Geiger counter, Lt. Col. Viktor Chershnev led a convoy of 30 military trucks through the center of sleeping Kiev. The measuring device was sounding off loudly on that night 33 years ago, not because of the convoy’s cargo — 30 antiaircraft missiles, three of them tipped with nuclear warheads — but because …

Visiting Chernobyl? Here's what to do and what not to do at the infamous nuclear disaster site
5 years, 7 months ago

Visiting Chernobyl? Here's what to do and what not to do at the infamous nuclear disaster site

ABC  

As HBO's Chernobyl miniseries wrapped up in Australia this week, there were reports the number of tour bookings to the site of the worst nuclear accident in human history was skyrocketing. Key points: The disaster happened on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Tourists visiting the site should strictly follow safety procedures and be aware …

Chernobyl: What it's like to visit the nuclear disaster zone
5 years, 8 months ago

Chernobyl: What it's like to visit the nuclear disaster zone

The Independent  

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