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Services held to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

A bell has tolled 30 times in Kyiv in Ukraine at a church built in memory of the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, to mark the 30th anniversary of

Ukraine

Chernobyl: an insider's view of the atomic accident

80-year-old Alexander Davidovich Hellerman started work at Chernobyl in 1976. when the first reactor began operating. He was a senior manager at the

Ukraine

Candle-lit vigils to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

It was in the early hours of the morning on April the 26th 1986 that a test went horribly wrong at the nuclear plant in then Soviet Ukraine

Ukraine

Chernobyl: thirty years on, health issues remain

Thirty years after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, fears over radiation contamination at Chernobyl have not gone away.

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Ukraine

The 'arch' New Safe Confinement for reactor 4 at Chernobyl

The first images of Chernobyl following the accident at the nuclear power plant were filmed by journalist Valeryi Makarenko on May,12,1986. It was 16

Ukraine

Chernobyl thirty years on

On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, causing an environmental disaster never before seen. Acute

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Belarus: the silent victim of Chernobyl?

Focus on the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, whose 30-year anniversary is being marked this week, naturally falls upon the host country

My Europe Series

European nuclear energy post-Chernobyl

Three decades after Chernobyl, how safe is nuclear energy in Europe?

My Europe Series

Life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

A visit to the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine reveals what life is like three decades after the nuclear disaster.

My Europe Series

Radiation continues to ‘muddy the waters’ in the Sea of Kyiv

Contaminated components can be found in the mud of the northern part of the artificial lake.

My Europe Series

A Ukrainian nuclear power plant and the containment of a disaster

Zaporizhia was built at the same time as Chernobyl, with Soviet-era reactors.

My Europe Series

Safety fears surround the world's oldest atomic power plant

Do you want to “hijack” a nuclear power plant? Ask Leo Scherer, he tried… After September 11th (9/11) Leo devised a secret operation to show the

World News

The silent screams of Pripyat, 30 years on

It’s the silence that strikes one the most in Pripyat when you see the artifacts that once formed part of thousands of everyday human routines

Ukraine

Chernobyl and Fukushima: lessons not learned

Around 8,000 km and 25 years separate the catastrophic Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. There are clear differences between the Ukraine and

Japan

Ice age given green light: Fukushima activates barrier for radioactive water

An underground ice wall has been activated around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors, five years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami wreaked

Japan

Five years on: Japan remembers tsunami and earthquake victims

Five years on, Japan pays tribute to the almost 19,000 victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

France

German media claim French 'downplayed' nuclear incident

Reports in German media claim a incident at a French nuclear power plant close to the border with Germany was downplayed by the French authorities

Japan

Four nuclear reactors to reopen in Japan

Nuclear restart on track after court win

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Bestselling Russian sci-fi author in France for latest novel 'Futu.re'

Russian writer and journalist Dmitri Glukhovsky is releasing his latest novel ‘Futu.re’ in France. Glukhovsky has made a name for himself with his

Japan

Fukushima clean-up drags on