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Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety situations.

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A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear ...

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry ...

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"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am.

The Chernobyl disaster alerted Soviet leaders to the need for a better “safety culture” within its nuclear program—but the warning came too little, too late. Macabre as it may sound, some catastrophes ...

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — April 26, 2026, marked 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the deadliest nuclear accident in history. In 1986, a catastrophic explosion at a Soviet-era nuclear power ...

Forty years ago a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine tore itself apart during a failed test, triggering the worst violent release of radioactive debris into the atmosphere.

Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then... 40 years after families survived the Chernobyl ...