What happened recently at Chernobyl? | PBS News
Mar 9, 2022 · 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 spent nuclear fuel would...
Chernobyl: Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian ... - UN News
Apr 26, 2023 · Survivors of one of the world’s worst ever nuclear accidents at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine on 26 April 1986 have been reflecting on the events of that fateful day 37 years ago, as...
Russian forces seize Chernobyl nuclear power plant - BBC
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...
‘It's like the embers in a barbecue pit.' Nuclear reactions are ...
May 5, 2021 · Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world's worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. "It's like the embers in a barbecue pit," says Neil Hyatt, a nuclear materials chemist at the University of Sheffield.
Chernobyl - latest news, breaking stories and comment - The Independent
Culture. Jared Harris talks new film Reawakening and homage to Richard Harris. News. Mushrooms foraged in Sweden could help research Chernobyl radioactive fallout. The latest breaking news,...
Russia destroys Chernobyl radiation monitoring lab, says Ukraine
Mar 23, 2022 · 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.
Chernobyl disaster - BBC News
Apr 9, 2022 · Radiation levels increased, but a disaster at the defunct nuclear power plant there is 'extremely unlikely', experts say. All the latest content about Chernobyl disaster from the BBC.
Chernobyl: Why radiation levels spiked at nuclear plant - BBC
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...
EXPLAINER: What’s behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant? - AP News
Mar 9, 2022 · When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat.
Concerns mount over conflict in Chernobyl exclusion zone
Feb 24, 2022 · On Thursday afternoon, Russian armed forces entered the deserted exclusion zone around the Chernobyl power plant, where the world's worst nuclear accident took place in 1986. By night, Russian forces had taken full control of the area, including the plant itself, according to Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.