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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

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

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Al Jazeera

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

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl: The world's worst nuclear disaster

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

LiveScience

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.

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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?

LiveScience

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.

The Conversation

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

Inverse

Nuclear "war" may not be what we expect

How a nuclear power plant became a tool of war

Salon

Ohio train wreck branded 'our Chernobyl' after spewing toxic gas into air

Some residents are talking about packing up and leaving East Palestine, Ohio, US, after the train wreck spewed toxic chemicals into the air and waterways

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Abandoned 'Chernobyl-on-Sea' in UK that's still a derelict eyesore after 12 years

The old gasworks in Hollicombe is a stone's throw away from some of Devon's best beaches but it has been left to decay despite the area being cleared of toxic chemicals

The National (Scotland)

‘We can’t allow another Chernobyl to happen’: Ukraine's first lady calls for peace

UKRAINE’S first lady has called for international action to end Russian aggression during a rare international address at the World Economic…

Daily Mirror

Ben Fogle says trip to Ukraine to see old pals was 'harder than climbing Everest'

Adventurer Ben Fogle has been on a low-key trip to Ukraine for a warzone reunion and says it was 'important to see first-hand what had happened'

WEKU

Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe's largest nuclear plant

International atomic experts have warned of a potential nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant in the middle of a war zone, bringing back terrifying memories of Chernobyl.

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Chernobyl child born with half a body determined to live 'independently'

Tim Mason, born severely disabled to a mother affected by the world's worst nuclear disaster, shares his incredible story of determination and strength, eager to show the world that nothing holds him back.

The Conversation

From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcast

Humans do a lot of different things to the environment, and there aren’t many natural processes – aside from an asteroid impact or the like – that can rival the scale of change brought on by human activity. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to three…

Inverse

Superhero Therapy: How one Chernobyl survivor is helping Ukrainians today

Janina Scarlet on the powers of “Superhero Therapy.”

The Guardian - UK

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis

Showing everyone from reindeer herders to scientists wrapping themselves in sticky tape to head into Chernobyl, this fine series traces the latterday Russian revolution that brought in a kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin

Reuters

Explainer-What are the risks to Ukraine's nuclear reactors in war

Repeated shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has raised the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (300 miles) from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Salon

Is Zaporizhzhya the next Chernobyl?

In 1986, a nuclear calamity that helped bring down the Soviet empire began in Ukraine. Could it happen again?

Daily Mirror

Mutant black frogs spawning near Chernobyl after changing colour to survive radiation

Scientists believe that by turning their skin black, the mutated frogs may have helped themselves to survive in the radiation-soaked Exclusion Zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant - which suffered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in April 1986

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