Chernobyl

HBO is developing a TV drama series adaptation of the popular Baldur’s Gate video games. As first reported by Deadline , Craig Mazin, who worked with the network to create Chernobyl and co-create The Last of Us , will serve as creator, writer and executive producer on the Baldur’s Gate show. The outlet notes that…

The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the world's worst nuclear accident, with 31 people dying immediately and thousands more affected across the region - and the effects were devastating and immediate The world's most catastrophic nuclear accident devastated a city in unimaginable ways - particularly for Oleksiy Breus, who voluntarily…

The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was hit with a blackout after a Russian strike on the facility. 20:20, Tue, Jan 20, 2026 Updated: 20:21, Tue, Jan 20, 2026 The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was hit with a blackout after a Russian strike on the facility (Image: Getty) The Chornobyl Nuclear…

Physics An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are extremely slim due to the age of the reactors, which were shut down over two decades ago By Matthew Sparkes Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email…

Could this be the end of the line for this 40-year-old iceberg? (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.) A colossal Antarctic iceberg that first broke free in the 1980s is now soaking up the summer warmth, and from…

The Chernobyl disaster unleashed over one hundred radioactive elements into the atmosphere, devastating the area and prompting a mass evacuation. But one species is not just surviving, it is thriving in northern Ukraine's abandoned power plants – Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a particularly hardy strain of dark-colored mold, is gorging on the…

A worker points to the damage of the containment vessel following a drone attack on February 14, 2025, on the New Safe Confinement (NSC) which contains radiation from the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion…

Chernobyl’s director warns a direct Russian missile hit could collapse the site’s inner radiation shelter, with repairs to the damaged outer shell taking up to four years. KYIV: A Russian strike could collapse the internal radiation shelter at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station, the plant’s director has warned. In…

Ubisoft Swedish filmmaker Johan Renck best known for his Emmy-winning work directing HBO’s acclaimed mini-series “Chernobyl,” will direct the new live-action “Assassin’s Creed” TV series. This will mark his third collaboration with Netflix, following his directing the first two episodes of the 2015 series “Bloodline” and the Adam Sandler-led feature…

United Nations experts are calling for urgent repairs to Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement, the structure built as an additional shield against radiation from the failed nuclear power plant. Inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency recently said the structure has lost its primary safety and containment functions.Read Entire Article...Read More