Chernobyl

Ukrainian officials reported Saturday "abnormally high" radiation in areas of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where they say Russian troops dug trenches and tried to build fortifications when they occupied the site until late last month. Why it matters: It's one of the world's most toxic places due to the 1986…

High radiation levels seen as Russian forces captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in February were put down to contaminated topsoil being disturbed, but experts now believe they could have been due to interference with wireless sensors Technology 8 April 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The shelter covering the exploded nuclear…

Troops being treated in Belarus after apparently suffering from radiation after digging around grounds of plant, which was the site of 1986 nuclear disaster Russian military planned to control the power plant, but Ukrainian forces blew up the bridge leading to the plant making it impossible to do so Follow…

The Russian military has dug up Chernobyl’s poisonous legacy and potentially dispersed it into Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, Ukrainian officials have said. Russia occupied the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster early in their invasion with 1,500 troops and armoured vehicles. Although the soil is heavily contaminated, Russian troops were…

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant is now back in Ukrainian hands, but hasn't confirmed reports that Russian troops left because they were experiencing radiation sickness Health 1 April 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Russian forces at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine,…

Rafael Grossi. Photo: AFP/file VIENNA: The head of the UN atomic watchdog, Rafael Grossi, is in Ukraine to discuss "the safety and security" of nuclear sites there, the agency said on Tuesday. This is Grossi's first visit to Ukraine since Russia seized several nuclear facilities, including Chernobyl, as part of its…

Russian soldiers drove armoured vehicles without radiation protection through Chernobyl’s highly toxic “red forest”, kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site have said. A Chernobyl employee said the act was “suicidal” for the soldiers, who had seized the site of the nuclear disaster, because the radioactive dust…

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said Russian forces were "militarising" the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, site of the world's worst civil nuclear accident in 1986 Russia has held the Chernobyl nuclear site from the early days of the invasion (Image: EyePress News/REX/Shutterstock) A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia…

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Author of the article: A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Sunday of “irresponsible” acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that could send radiation across much of Europe, and urged the United Nations to dispatch a mission to assess the risks. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian forces…