Ukraine claimedthat Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ordered the preparation of a terrorist attack" on theChernobyl nuclear power plant. The main electric supply to the plant was cut off earlier that week, with Ukrainian authorities blamingRussia's invading forcesfor the blackout and warning th...
Photo of the New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which covers the number 4 reactor unit, on the 36th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive...
Chernobyl today.Focuses on the aftermath of the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. Background information; Ecological disaster; Survival in contaminated areas; Mental hardship; Expectations. INSET: UNESCO's Chernobyl programme..Bequette...
Ukraine conflict renews nuclear safety concerns Ukraine conflict renews nuclear safety concerns 01:41 An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country has lost control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after Ukrainian forces fought to defend it from Russian troops, according to...
The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for ...
切尔诺贝利核电站(Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant),位于乌克兰基辅州普里皮亚季镇附近,1972年核电站开始建设。1986年4月26日凌晨1点,核电站的四号机组在一次实验中突然发生爆炸。为消除核泄漏造成的危害,苏联当局决定在1993年年底彻底关闭切尔诺贝利核电站,但是不久苏联解体,新独立的乌克兰面临严峻的经济问题,核电站...
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Rus
Ukraine says Russian troops have withdrawn from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The UN's nuclear watchdog IAEA are preparing to send a team to Chernobyl in the next few days. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday its cruise missiles destroyed major fuel depots in eastern Ukraine...
The meltdown, explosion and fire at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl,... Evidence reveals post-Chernobyl thyroid cancer risk rises with increasing radiation dose4/4/2014 - As the debate continues over the degree to which radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has spread around the ...
A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The strike hit the concrete shelter that covers the plant’s destroyed former fourth power unit, sparking a fire that was late...