Hosted on MSN

Scientists Reveal World’s Most Dangerous Object: 300 Seconds With “Elephant’s Foot” Was Fatal

In 1986, the emergency crews fighting to contain the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl made it into a steam corridor beneath failed reactor Number 4. There, they found what would become known as “the ...
The Atlantic

What Russia Is Stirring Up at Chernobyl

The Russian military’s capture of the Chernobyl nuclear facility in northern Ukraine last week led to heightened levels of both radioactivity and confusion. Since the infamous 1986 explosion at ...
NPR

Helping the dogs of Chernobyl

An animal welfare worker in New York City tells StoryCorp about his experience providing aid for dogs in Chernobyl more than 30 years after the nuclear disaster there. It's Friday, which is when we ...
France 24

Russian strikes cut power to Zaporizhzhia and Chernobyl nuclear plants

Ukraine’s Chernobyl and Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants lost power on Wednesday after nearby Russian attacks, ...
The New York Times

What a Power Cutoff Could Mean for Chernobyl’s Nuclear Waste

With no working reactors, there is no risk of a meltdown. But the ruins from the 1986 disaster still pose considerable dangers. By Henry Fountain The long-defunct Chernobyl plant in Ukraine is ...
Forbes

Chernobyl Reminds Us What’s At Stake In Russia’s War On Ukraine

UPDATE, MARCH 9: A high-voltage power line supplying electricity to the defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is disconnected, reported the State Service of Special Communications and Information ...