Chernobyl

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…

Demonstrators hold Ukrainian flags during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast, on March 26.SOCIAL MEDIA/Reuters Russian forces have left the Ukrainian town of Slavutych, home to workers at the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl, after completing their task of surveying it, the mayor said early…

Topline The Russian convoy that took Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant the day Russia invaded the country drove through a highly toxic zone near the plant without anti-radiation gear, stirring up contaminated soil and exposing themselves to highly dangerous radiation, according to Reuters. A sign warns of radiation contamination near…

A Ukrainian soldier walks past debris of a burning military truck, on a street in Kyiv. Photo: AP/file KYIV: Russian forces took control of a town where staff working at the Chernobyl nuclear site live and briefly detained the mayor, sparking protests, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. "I have been released. Everything…

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