The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Chernobyl staff have not been rotated in four days, no end in sight -IAEA

Staff on duty at Chernobyl's Russian-held radioactive waste facilities have not been rotated in four days and Ukraine cannot say when that will change because of fighting in the town where many of them live, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2022

Chernobyl nuclear disaster fears as Russians shell Ukrainian town where staff work

G7 leaders have come together this week to warn that Russia's attack on the site in Ukraine could lead to another nuclear "catastrophe" as Russian forces destroyed a laboratory at the Chernobyl plant

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2022

Ukraine says Chernobyl workers' town is isolated by Russian forces

Local authorities in Ukraine said on Friday the town of Slavutych that services the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant was "completely isolated", with Russian forces just beyond the town's limits.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2022

Atomic disruption: how Russia's war on Ukraine has rattled the nuclear world order

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has upended all kinds of certainties, created new possibilities and closed off old ones. This is certainly true for the world’s use of nuclear power.

The Conversation · Mar 24, 2022

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Chernobyl laboratory containing ‘highly active samples’

The Chernobyl laboratory is now in ‘the hands of the enemy’, say officials

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Chernobyl laboratory which processed radioactive waste DESTROYED by Russian troops

Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, is under the control of Russian soldiers who are said to have destroyed a £6million lab used to check radioactive waste

Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2022

Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities say Russian control of plant is hampering efforts to control the blazes

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2022

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2022

All Chernobyl staff who wanted to leave are out, U.N. nuclear watchdog says

The remaining members of the one shift of technical staff who had been on duty at Chernobyl's radioactive waste facilities since Russian forces seized the site last month have been relieved, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks amid concern over Chernobyl radiation levels rising

The Kremlin said the talks had made no significant progress as yet although Ukrainian delegate and lawmaker David Arakhamia said working groups are meeting throughout the day

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022