On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

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A fungus has been discovered growing on the Number 4 reactor, feeding off the radiation that preceded the tragic Chernobyl nuclear disaster which led to thousands evacuating ...

The UN's nuclear watchdog (the IAEA) said radiation levels inside and outside Chernobyl were normal and stable - but later the plant's chief engineer, Oleksandr Titarchuk, said the possibility of ...

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CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION ... The Kremlin denied it was responsible. Radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv region — site of the world’s worst nuclear accident — have ...

Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

all monitoring results have shown that there has not been any increase in the normal range of radiation levels measured at the site nor any abnormal readings detected". It said the IAEA team at ...

Chernobyl-affected regions are gradually returning to the path of sustainable development and increasing their contribution to the economy, First Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Kartun said.

“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” the IAEA said on X. Zelenskyy said on Telegram that the Chernobyl strike showed that Putin "is certainly not preparing for ...