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Chernobyl 40 years later: How the disaster changed nuclear safety worldwide

The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test.

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A look back at the world’s worst nuclear power plant disaster

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Inside Chernobyl’s shadow community: what a nuclear disaster looks like 40 years on

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40 years after Chernobyl, Stasi files reveal scale of Soviet misinformation

On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test.

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How families helped children after Chernobyl blast

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Chernobyl commemoration ceremony held in Moscow

Russia, Ukraine and Chernobyl

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Nuclear Fears Hang Heavy Over Ukraine on Chernobyl Anniversary

Sunday marks 40 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster, the catastrophe still an open wound for a country more than four years into a brutal war with Russia that has kept nuclear power plants ...

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Strikes in Ukraine and Russia kill at least 16 on Chernobyl anniversary

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At Least 16 Dead in Strikes as Chernobyl Anniversary Highlights Nuclear Risks of Russia-Ukraine War

Deseret News archives: Has Ukraine ever recovered from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?

Residents of the region continue to battle health and environmental issues from the April 26, 1986, disaster as conflict rages around them.

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40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war

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 the plant was in the USSR, it is part of northern Ukraine now.

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Chernobyl’s Wolf Population Is Now 7 Times Higher Than Before the Disaster

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found.

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Pope remembers Chernobyl disaster, calls for responsible use of atomic energy

Leo said the Chernobyl disaster “serves as a warning regarding the inherent risks of using increasingly powerful technologies.”

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‘People live here’: Neither nuclear disaster nor the Russian invasion has managed to destroy Chernobyl

Forty years after the accident, some residents still refuse to leave, even after Vladimir Putin’s army occupied the area in 2022. EL PAÍS visited the exclusion zone and heard the stories of those who

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'Chernobyl 2' fears grow after fatal drone strike at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a stark warning after a drone strike killed a worker at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, raising fears of a new Chernobyl-style

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Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster under cloud of war

Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster under cloud of war - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Zelensky accuses Putin of 'nuclear terrorism' on 40th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

In the latest nightly attack, five people were killed across Ukraine after Moscow launched more than 100 drones.