Chernobyl

Society When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Chernobyl lay on the path to the capital Kyiv. When the plant was occupied by Russian troops, meteorologist Lyudmila Dyblenko fearlessly continued taking vital measurements to monitor the nuclear exclusion zone By Matthew Sparkes Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit…

Anatoly Doroshenko is tasked with entering Chernobyl’s reactor 4 to take vital radioactivity readings Mykhaylo Palinchak The shattered remains of Chernobyl’s reactor 4 are one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Not only are the ruins physically dangerous, but they are highly irradiated, pitch black and shrouded by a…

The conflict in Iran – but also the war in Ukraine – show not only that AI is radically changing the economics of war (which may be good news), but also that we may be heading towards some kind of “Chernobyl moment”. We may soon experience a disaster that will…

VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) are discussing a major effort to repair damage to the protective shelter at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with costs estimated at around $575 million, a sign that Kyiv remains at the center of high-level talks despite competing global…

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…