Chernobyl

Placeholder while article actions load Exhausted technical staffers at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, who have worked for more than three weeks without a break while Russian troops have occupied the facility, were able to change shifts and go home, the plant said. About 300 people — including technicians,…

Before Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine last month, Olena Pareniuk and Kateryna Shavanova worked at Chernobyl studying microorganisms in the exclusion zone and those living in the radioactive lava inside the site’s collapsed No. 4 reactor. Both are currently in Ukraine (Shavanova is in Kyiv while Pareniuk is…

Russian forces have threatened safety at several nuclear power plants in Ukraine including Chernobyl, but the risk of a serious radiation release is thought to be low Physics 15 March 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Satellite photo of Chernobyl power plant taken on 10 March Maxar/DigitalGlobe/Getty​ Images Three weeks into Russia’s invasion…

It was 10 a.m., 16 days into Russia’s war on Ukraine, and a land-line phone rang inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The site of the world’s worst nuclear-power disaster had become an impromptu prison, and an increasingly dangerous one. The signalman on duty lifted the receiver and passed the…

UKRAINE is on red alert after Russian troops damaged a high-voltage power line connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, sparking fears radioactive material could leak out. Russia could use Chernobyl to 'blackmail' Europe says expert Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition Invalid email…

A power line connecting Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant to the rest of the country has been damaged by Russian forces once again, an energy company has said. On Monday morning, Ukrenergo, a Ukrainian national power company, said the line between Chernobyl and the city of Slavutych had been "damaged…

Home News The Chernobyl plant has been captured for nearly 3 weeks. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Chernobyl's nuclear power plant has lost electricity again, just hours after being switched back on, Ukraine's state energy company has said.  Russian forces attacked the defunct nuclear facility on the very first day of the…

UPDATE: Kyiv-based studio appears to have re-named game. UPDATE 14/3/22: Stalker developer GSC Game World appears to have subtly changed the name of its upcoming and now on-hold sequel. Its full title, Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, has been altered on Steam to Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - reflecting the…

The world watched in horror as shelling by Russian forces set fire to part of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine. Immediate catastrophe was averted when the flames were put out, but the plant—which is home to six separate reactors—was captured by the Kremlin’s forces on March 4. Russia…

Ukrainian officials said power has been restored to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Sunday, after warning of an increased risk of radiation leaking after Russian forces reportedly knocked the plant off the energy grid earlier in the week.  Ukrainian atomic energy ministry said in an online post on Sunday that cooling…