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3 days ago · The abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, following the Chernobyl disaster. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is in the background. The world's first nuclear reactor meltdown was the NRX reactor at Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario, Canada in 1952. [22] The worst nuclear accident to date is the Chernobyl disaster which occurred in 1986 in the ...
1 day ago · While much of the world knows about the devastating Chernobyl disaster of 1986, there are countless personal stories from that time that remain lesser-known. One such story is captured in a letter I recently added to my collection of Chernobyl memorabilia – a letter of gratitude sent to the wife of Aleksandr Nikolaevich, who worked in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
2 days ago · In April 1986 the Chernobyl disaster occurred. [215] In the immediate aftermath, officials fed Gorbachev incorrect information to downplay the incident. As the scale of the disaster became apparent, 336,000 people were evacuated from the area around Chernobyl. [ 216 ]
3 days ago · Review: Chernobyl Roulette: A War Story, Serhii Plokhy, Allen Lane/Penguin. With talk recently in Australia of the suitability of nuclear power generation, we would do well to remember Chernobyl – and not just the 1986 disaster, but the fact that nuclear power plants are a nightmare for war scenarios, possible targets for sabotage or collateral damage leading to meltdowns.
4 days ago · Russia is planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, “aiming to disconnect” them from the energy grid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations General Assembly ...
4 days ago · Il disastro di Černobyl' è un incidente nucleare avvenuto nella centrale nucleare di Černobyl' all' ora locale 1:23 del 26 aprile 1986 in seguito all'esplosione del reattore 4. È ritenuto il più grave incidente della storia dell'energia nucleare e l'unico, insieme a quello di Fukushima del 2011, a essere classificato al settimo livello, il massi...
3 days ago · 20th anniversary Chernobyl. April 26, 2006 - Twentieth anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident, when the number four reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, showering large areas of Europe with radioactive fallout.
