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Jan 17, 2023 · On April 26, 1986, a meltdown of a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant caused the world's worst nuclear disaster. The meltdown caused two devastating explosions, which saw radioactive...
Mar 9, 2022 · World Mar 9, 2022 5:08 PM EDT. When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some feared that...
Feb 25, 2022 · Russian military forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials say. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said the "totally pointless attack" on Thursday...
Emergency workers showed enormous courage in the immediate aftermath of the accident. Thirty-one people died as an immediate result of the explosion or acute radiation sickness. Hundreds of thousands of people worked to decontaminate the area over the following months and years.
Feb 25, 2022 · A radiation spike has been recorded near Chernobyl's nuclear power plant which has been seized by Russian forces, monitoring data shows. Invading Russian troops took control of the plant - the...
Mar 23, 2022 · CNN — Russian forces have looted and destroyed a laboratory near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was used to monitor radioactive waste, the Ukrainian government said Wednesday.
Apr 26, 2021 · Perhaps 10 percent of them are still alive today. Thirty-one people died as a direct result of the accident, according the official Soviet death toll.
Apr 28, 2022 · Radiation levels near the Chernobyl plant are within safe limits, the nuclear agency chief says. The finding came after readings were taken this week at the site, which Russian forces had...
Mar 31, 2022 · Chernobyl power supply cut off, says Ukraine. Even without power there is no critical impact on safety, the UN nuclear watchdog says. Europe. 7 Mar 2022.
Feb 25, 2022 · A radiation spike has been recorded near Chernobyl's nuclear power plant which has been seized by Russian forces, monitoring data shows. Invading Russian troops took control of the plant - the...
