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Oliver Stone: How he stopped worrying and learned to love nuclear

Film director says risk of nuclear contamination from Ukraine war is less threatening to the planet than fossil fuels.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2023

The Days review – this nuclear disaster drama is no Chernobyl

Netflix’s recreation of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is disappointingly insight free. It’s obsessed with facts to the point where it neglects both character and story

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023

'We work at Europe's biggest nuke plant and fear new Chernobyl under Russians'

Russia gained control of Zaporizhzhia - Ukraine's large nuclear power plant - in March 2022 and since then, engineers have become increasingly concerned a catastrophe is "waiting to happen"

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2023

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Resident living on 'Scots Chernobyl' site 'won't leave' despite plans to bulldoze scheme

Marshal Craig, 70, still lives in Clune Park, which was abandoned by other residents in 1997.

Daily Record · May 17, 2023

'I live in UK's 'Chernobyl' the council wants to tear down but I'll never leave'

Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, is known as the British Chernobyl and now housing just four residents who refuse to leave their homes, despite council pressure

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2023

Chernobyl survivors describe horror symptoms they are STILL suffering 37 years later

Mykhaylo Khrushchenko was 34 and working as the director of the food processing manufacture that served Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 when his life changed forever

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2023

Ukrainians captured defending Chernobyl nuclear plant starving in Russian prison

After a fierce firefight, Russian troops seized Chernobyl from the hands of Ukraine's National Guard on day one of the war at the end of February before taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2023

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

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

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

Decades after the catastrophe, now a byword for state secrecy, crucial elements remain a mystery, Andy Gregory writes

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

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

Russian troops ‘set up camp, fished and dug defensive positions six miles from power plant’

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

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

Russian troops ‘set up camp, fished and dug defensive positions six miles from power plant’

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023

Russian troops 'too thick' to realise they would get sick from tainted Chernobyl forest

On April 26, 1986, the world's worst ever nuclear disaster was unleashed after Chernobyl's Reactor Number Four exploded - dispersing deadly radioactive material into the atmosphere and surrounding area

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2023

Chernobyl survivor warns of 'very high risk' of nuclear disaster as Russians fight

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine rumbles on, fears are growing among Chernobyl survivors about another nuclear disaster which would cause mayhem for Europe and the world

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023

Ukrainians Mark Chernobyl Disaster amid Nuclear Threats

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 26, 2023

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The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

Ukrainians mark Chernobyl disaster amid nuclear threats

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

Chernobyl anniversary rouses specter of Ukraine nuke threat

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is using the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster to repeat his warnings about the potential threat of a new atomic catastrophe in Ukraine amid his country’s war with Russia

Al Jazeera · Apr 21, 2023

Does India have enough insurance coverage for a nuclear disaster?

India has barely half the insurance amount required for current nuclear plants, and has many more plants in the works.

Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

Inside abandoned UK estate compared to 'Chernobyl' where residents left furniture and DVDs

The abandoned housing estate has stood empty for more than 10 years while waiting for redevelopment plans, and former resident's belongings are still in their homes

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LiveScience · Apr 18, 2023

Chernobyl: The world's worst nuclear disaster

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion resulted in the most horrific nuclear disaster in the world.

WEKU · Apr 15, 2023

Germany begins powering down its last three nuclear plants

Public pressure, stoked by disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, put pressure on successive German governments to end their use. Germany began winding down the plants Saturday.

LiveScience · Mar 25, 2023

How do you decontaminate objects exposed to radioactivity?

Can a person or object exposed to high radioactivity just take a shower with soap and water, or is more needed for decontamination?

The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023

Chernobyl was history's worst nuclear disaster. Now it's teaching geologists about the history of our planet

Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of people to relocate from the surrounding area, which is still a deserted “exclusion zone” today.

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023

Stray dogs living in Chernobyl may have EVOLVED to thrive in deadly exclusion zone

Stray dogs living in the 1,000 mile exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear plant have mutated beyond regular canines and scientists are probing whether it has helped them thrive amid the radiation

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Surviving brutal places: Lessons from the dogs of Chernobyl

Scientists are studying hundreds of dogs at the Chernobyl disaster site that have managed to survive in extremely harsh conditions

Inverse · Mar 3, 2023

What the Dogs of Chernobyl Could Tell Us About Living on Mars

A new study shows the long-term effects of living in an irradiated environment. That could inform us about long-distance space trips.

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