Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved the release of the first 20 tonnes of carbon steel from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for reuse elsewhere in the country. The commercial operation of the ...

In one of the more ironic disasters of all time, the unit 4 reactor of the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine failed during an emergency shutdown safety test in 1986, belching nuclear waste and ...

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the Slavutych City authorities have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the goal of developing local tourism as part of the post-war revival of the region.

A reported Russian drone has struck the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, and videos of the explosion have spread on social media. A post on X, formerly known as Twitter, by OSINTtechnical, an ...

Ukrainian authorities said a Russian drone struck the radiation shield that covers the damaged Reactor Number 4 at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, an incident which comes just hours ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sent troops through Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident, raising questions about the site’s status and what risks this activity ...

☢️April 26, 1986 was the date of the worst nuclear disaster in history. ☢️ What was supposed to be a standard safety test, ended up with the explosion of reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear ...

The April 26, 1986 explosion of the Number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is often considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in history, one that has been covered countless times.

On Feb. 24, 2022, the day the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, officers from the Russian National Guard and regular armed forces arrived at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in a column of fighting ...

This piece is adapted from “Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone,” Serhii Plokhy’s forthcoming book documenting the 2022 invasion and occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia ...

Large areas of farmland around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that are officially classed as contaminated now appear to be safe to use for growing food, as surveys show radiation levels have fallen ...

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