Chernobyl

Among the many social movements that arose in the 1960s and ’70s, one just about everyone on the liberal spectrum could agree on was anti-“nuke.” Hiroshima and Nagasaki left behind a lingering horror at the ways technological advancement might be turned to mass destruction. Power plant accidents at Three Mile…

The world of Dune is remarkably vast, spanning planetary systems and parsecs. It's so enormous, in fact, that one movie couldn't contain even half of Book One of the source material—which, as Chris Nashawaty argued in his review of the film for Esquire, is actually a good thing. There are…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a speech condemning Russia's "completely irresponsible actions" around nuclear power plants during its invasion and calling for "global control" of the Kremlin's nuclear capabilities. "Every year on April…

OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CARA ANNA, Associated Press April 26, 2022Updated: April 29, 2022 12:47 p.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of11Ukrainian soldiers stand guard in front of the 'sarcophagus' steel structure, top left, that shelters the reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl,…

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi visited the Chernobyl plant on the anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster, considered the world's worst. (Image: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/File) Russian troops took over the Chernobyl plant on February 24 with the occupation lasting until the end of March, triggering global fears of nuclear…

Today is Tuesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2022. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere. (Dozens of people…

Researchers hoping to identify bacteria capable of consuming radioactive waste at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant fear their work has been destroyed by Russian troops Technology 22 April 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Facilities at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine have been looted ISPNPP Researchers at the Chernobyl nuclear power…

20 March 2022 | Ukrainian soldiers hold out as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's east. Video / Reuters Here in the dirt of one of the world's most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves. Thousands of tanks and troops…

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves. Thousands of tanks and troops rumbled into the forested Chernobyl exclusion zone in the earliest hours of Russia’s invasion…

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves. Thousands of tanks and troops rumbled into the forested Chernobyl exclusion zone in the earliest hours of Russia’s invasion…