Chernobyl

As citizens of Ukraine shelter in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country is suddenly facing another apocalyptic disaster: wildfires raging in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. The fires, which began 10 days ago in the western part of the zone, have spread through nearby forests, raising columns of smoke that…

Hundreds of firefighters and fire engines, as well as helicopters and airplanes, are battling forest fires near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Radiation levels in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is usually low, but the fires have caused a dramatic increase in radiation. Over the past 34 years,…

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. An aerial view shows a forest fire…

By: PTI | Los Angeles | Published: April 13, 2020 12:59:40 pm Diego Luna says it was a mistake to watch HBO’s 2019 miniseries Chernobyl as it is too close to what the world is going through because of the coronavirus pandemic.Narcos: Mexico star Diego Luna says it was a…

The actor recently joined IndieWire for a live discussion over Instagram while quarantining at his home in Mexico City. HBO’s harrowing 2019 miniseries “Chernobyl,” about the 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, doesn’t make for ideal quarantine viewing material. Actor Diego Luna said he learned that the hard way during…

The area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine briefly saw a spike in radiation levels as forest fires ripped through the region this weekend, according to officials. Firefighters worked from Saturday on to extinguish two blazes near the power station, the first of which began near the village…

By: AP | Minsk | Published: April 6, 2020 2:13:07 pm Ukraine’s emergencies service said one of the fires, covering about five hectares (12 acres), had been localized. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Ukrainian firefighters laboured into Sunday night trying to put out two forest blazes in the area around the Chernobyl nuclear…

Jared Hared stars in Chernobyl as a troubled investigatorLiam Daniel/HBOChernobyl Streaming on NOW TV and Sky Go in the UK and on HBO in the US OK not strictly science fiction, but Chernobyl is a science-based part-fiction hit that’s worth your time. Screenwriter Craig Mazin was best known for writing sequels to…

DescriptionSpain has been in confinement for two weeks due to the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Going outside nowadays is more dangerous than ever. In spite of everything, these days we find that grocery shopping in the supermarket farthest from home or taking the dog out has…

Unit number 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, causing radiation injuries to hundreds of people within a couple of weeks. High levels of radiation affected clean-up workers (liquidators) involved in the emergency response, more than 500 000 liquidators involved in later decontamination and containment, and…