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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

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

Wales Online

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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”

The Independent UK

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 Mirror

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.

Daily Record

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

Daily Mirror

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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…

France 24

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

Inside Chernobyl nuclear plant after Russian forces leave scene of destruction

Haunting new images show Chernobyl obliterated with graffitied walls, live electrical wiring uncovered, broken windows and rubbish strewn everywhere

Daily Mirror

Should the war in Ukraine spur a nuclear security rethink?

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nuclear facilities have been caught up in the midst of conventional warfare for the first time in history. That nightmare scenario is one that few of the industry’s players had anticipated. In Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces represent a lingering threat to the most basic…

France 24

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Leeds Live

New BBC drama Better filmed and set entirely in Leeds

The team behind new BBC drama Better have previously worked on Spooks, Chernobyl and Humans

Daily Mirror

Russians face slow death from radiation poisoning after digging trenches at Chernobyl

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his own troops to work by forcing them to dig trenches at the deadly contaminated Chernobyl site with some already developing symptoms

ABC News

The Loop: The ABC enters the Chernobyl meltdown zone, Eurovision heats up, and the US surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths

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ABC News

Vladimir Putin's troops have left Chernobyl after an erratic, 'illogical' occupation of the nuclear disaster site

When Russian troops took Chernobyl, they drove their tanks through the highly contaminated Red Forest and dug trenches in the toxic earth. They're mistakes that could catch up with them.

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The Guardian - UK

Despite Putin, Ukraine’s traditions live on – as does the threat from Chernobyl

While we tend our graves, vanquished Russian troops are heading through Belarus in a cloud of radioactivity after literally digging up the past, says novelist Andrey Kurkov

Daily Mirror

Scariest things on Google Earth - from bloody murder to Chernobyl human remains

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: The short TikTok video was viewed over 11m times as the "scary" clips appeared to show "human remains" in Chernobyl and a creepy masked figure sat in a parked car

The Independent UK

Ukraine war ‘heartbreaking’, says British woman helping Chernobyl children

Jo Cullimore has spent a decade helping children from the town of Borodyanka in northern Ukraine.

ABC News

Ukraine says Russian forces 'stole' safety equipment from Chernobyl, 'special work' needed to repair reactor site

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has called Russia's temporary occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power station "very, very dangerous" and offered to help Ukraine repair damage caused to the stricken plant.

Wales Online

Zelensky: Russia risks worse disaster than Chernobyl - full speech in English

He spoke on the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster

The Independent UK

Nuclear chief: Russia's Chernobyl seizure risked accident

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Russian troops risked causing an accident with their “very, very dangerous” seizure of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl radiation levels 'normal' after 'very, very dangerous' Russian actions

International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi has warned that radiation levels at the Chernobyl power plant are rising due to weeks of fighting

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