Chernobyl

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…

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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…

Stalker 2, the sequel to Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, was announced in May 2018, but we haven't seen any screenshots from it since--until now. Developer GSC Game World has celebrated the 13th birthday of the original Stalker by releasing this first screenshot from the sequel, and while it doesn't show…

Home • PC Game News • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 • As improbable as it may sound, evidence for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 being an actual real game actually being made continues to mount. Today developers GSC Game World shared the “first glimpse at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2”, showing a murky forest where one of those…

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, an explosive engineer…

Fleabag was the big winner at yesterday’s UK Royal Television Society Programme Awards, which were live-streamed to nominees and viewers because of the coronavirus pandemic. The show picked up the scripted comedy award and comedy writer prize for creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin took the drama prize, while…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has secured all North American distribution rights to Misbehavior, the Philippa Lowthorpe-directed beauty pageant drama starring Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game, Pride & Prejudice), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show, Belle), Jessie Buckley (Judy, Chernobyl ), Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, The Missing), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, Another Year), Rhys…