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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Ukrainian fears run high over fighting near nuclear plant

Ukrainians are once again anxious and alarmed about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a land that was home to the world’s worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl

The Independent UK

Andreas Kluth: Putin wouldn’t shrink from starting Chernobyl 2.0 in Ukraine

The history of warfare has no precedent for what is happening right now in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Never before has a nuclear power plant been on the front line of a major war, and indeed a main object of the warring parties’ strategies.

Tribune News Service

Unexpected war warning system: Chernobyl tour's camera

Yaroslav Yemelianenko decided to set up a battery-operated camera showing his company’s tourist information center near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant months before Russia invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Shelling of Europe's biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are

Shelling has recently intensified at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising international safety concerns. Ukrainian staff continue to operate the massive plant under strict control and stressful conditions.

The Conversation

Russia's Deputy Foreign Min says Russian military control of Zaporizhzhia plant guarantees no 'Chernobyl scenario'

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Russia's military presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is a guarantee against what he called a "Chernobyl scenario", referring to the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.

Reuters

Erdogan Warns of 'Another Chernobyl' after Talks in Ukraine

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine nuclear plant standoff stirs Chernobyl memories

Vyschetarasivka (Ukraine) (AFP) - Anastasiya Rudenko clutches the gleaming gold medal her late husband Viktor was awarded for working in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone.

AFP

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Europe facing 'armageddon' situation due to fighting near nuclear site in Ukraine

CEO of Chernobyl Children's Project International Adi Roche says it is vital that more action is taken by world leaders to make this area of Ukraine a no-war zone and ensure the safety of millions of people

Irish Mirror

The vast nuclear plant in the eye of the war in Ukraine

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, opening up the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chornobyl disaster.

Reuters

Russian troops ‘firing missiles from Europe’s largest nuclear plant’ amid warning of Chernobyl-style disaster

UN chief of atomic energy says situation ‘completely out of control’

The Independent UK

Ukraine nuclear power plant remains stable, says western official

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant does not face ‘Chernobyl-like situation’, official insists

The Independent UK

Fears over nuclear accident grow as power plant in Ukraine 'completely out of control'

"Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated" at the plant

Irish Mirror

Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant ‘out of control’, UN warns

Ukraine and Russia must allow experts to visit Zaporizhzhia facility, says Rafael Grossi

The Independent UK

Fears of nuclear accident grow as power plant in Ukraine is 'out of control'

The UN's nuclear chief has asked for experts to be allowed in

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UN Nuclear Chief: Ukraine Nuclear Plant Is ‘Out of Control’

The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident. Rafael Grossi, director general of…

The Independent UK

UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘out of control’

The UN nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control”

Daily Mirror

Inside abandoned 'Chernobyl' estate where fleeing residents left their belongings behind

Eerie photos from inside the estate, taken by a daring urban explorer, show abandoned homes full of possessions as if residents left their homes in a rush

Daily Record

Inside abandoned housing estate dubbed 'Scotland's Chernobyl' where 20 people still live

Under 20 people are thought to be living on Clune Park estate, which was once the cheapest property in Britain after one flat sold for just £7,000 at auction.

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Daily Mirror

Russia guilty of 'nuclear terrorism' after seizing Chernobyl by fighting Ukraine forces

During the temporary occupation, the Russian invaders violated all nuclear safety norms by damaging the premises, mining the area and provoking a number of fires

France 24

Chernobyl: The challenging return to daily operations after the Russian takeover

On February 24, the first day of Russia's war in Ukraine, Moscow's troops took over Chernobyl, the scene of the world's worst ever nuclear accident. Following a 35-day occupation, Ukraine regained control of the defunct plant but workers have had a hard time returning it to regular functioning. Employees were…

Daily Mirror

Unseen horrors of Chernobyl as babies born with fused legs and covered in spots revealed

On April 26, 1986 scientists lost control of the four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - leading to an explosion that shot masses of radiation into the atmosphere

Daily Mirror

Man who fell in love at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant proposes outside reactor four

James Galbraith, 29, met the love of his wife, Olya, 26, at the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and there was instant chemistry, so he popped the question outside reactor four

AFP

Dozens treated in Chile for suspected pollutant exposure

Santiago (AFP) - More than 100 people have sought medical treatment this week after suspected exposure to a pollutant in an area known as the "Chilean Chernobyl" for the environmental impact of heavy industry.

The Independent UK

Inside Chernobyl nuclear plant devastated by Russian troops as $135m of equipment destroyed

Chernobyl is the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters

Daily Mirror

Russian forces at Chernobyl killed 9, kidnapped 5 and ransacked power plant

Russian soldiers at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant at Pripyat also demolished almost every piece of firefighting equipment at the site and destroyed 698 invaluable computers

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