The Latest Breaking News from Chornobyl

Radiation in safe range where Chornobyl soil was dug up, IAEA says

Radiation levels in a part of Chornobyl's exclusion zone where Ukraine has said Russian troops dug trenches in the highly contaminated soil are elevated but still well within the safe range, the U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief said on Thursday.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

IAEA says it has agreed with Ukraine to help repair damage to Chornobyl

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday said he had agreed with Ukraine to help repair the defunct Chornobyl nuclear power plant after it was occupied by Russian troops.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2022

Chornobyl worker recalls 600-hour shift at nuclear plant under Russian occupation

Nuclear engineer Liudmyla Kozak was part-way through a 12-hour overnight shift at the defunct Chornobyl plant when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and workers heard loud explosions from the edge of the so-called exclusion zone around the site.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2022