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Chernobyl: worst NPP accident in history

Chernobyl: worst NPP accident in history

April 27 2012 17:13

Today marks 26 years since a catastrophic nuclear disaster Chernobyl. In April of 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine the plant exploded releasing large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere. Chernobyl is considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. →

The future of nuclear energy

April 26 2012 15:42

By a presidential decree, every year on April 26 Russia commemorates the liquidators and victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which happened on this very day in 1986. More than 600,000 people took part in the liquidation of the disaster’s consequences removing debris, cleaning up radioactive fuel and building a gigantic cap above the exploded energy block. →

Chernobyl will get new shelter

April 26 2012 15:25

Work has begun in Ukraine to build a new, safer shelter over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The solemn start-up ceremony on the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster was attended by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the ambassadors of the future shelter’s donor-countries, which include Russia, France, Kazakhstan, China and Japan. →

Chernobyl tragedy: the last "gift" from the Soviet regime

April 26 2012 14:29

Exactly 26 years ago there was an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Whole regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have become unfit for life, and the number of victims has reached one million people today. And experts are still disputing about long-term consequences of the disaster. →

Chernobyl disaster: 26 years on

April 26 2012 06:42

The world is marking today the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor explosion. →

Paris court shuts Chernobyl case

September 7 2011 14:45

A Paris court of appeal has ruled in favor of closing a case about the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for France, Le Figaro’s website reports. →

Ukraine needs further 150 million euro for new sarcophagus at Chernobyl

June 22 2011 02:01

Ukraine needs a further 150 million euro to build a new sarcophagus at Chernobyl. This was stated by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday, speaking to PACE Parliamentarians. According to him, the country had received 100 million euro, "that enable the start of work at Chernobyl. →

Dmitry Medvedev awards liquidators of Chernobyl accident

April 26 2011 10:05

On Monday Dmitry Medvedev presented state awards to 16 Russian veterans of the massive Soviet clean-up in the wake of the Chernobyl accident. →

Fukushima is not Chernobyl - IAEA chief

April 20 2011 19:32

The head of the  International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya  Amano has stated that the amount of radiation released by the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is 10 percent of that leaked during the Chernobyl blast. He said this in Kiev, opening the international conference marking 25 years since the disaster. →

Positive answer to "nuclear" question

April 20 2011 16:57

Can nuclear energy be safe? The question has been repeatedly asked in the past weeks, particularly in the wake of the on-going crisis at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan, which happened 25 years after Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear disaster. →

Global community will help "cover" Chernobyl

April 19 2011 23:05

550 million euro has been collected to build a new containment for the Chernobyl NPP. An international Nuclear Safety Summit is being held in Kiev to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A mediators’ conference is considered the most important part of the three-day summit. →

UN urges new standards for NPPs

April 19 2011 18:21

The UN urges the approval of new standards for the construction of nuclear power plants, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. He was speaking at the Summit on safe and innovative use of nuclear energy in Ukraine’s capital of Kiev. →

Ukraine gets EUR 550 mln for new Chernobyl cap

April 19 2011 15:42

Ukraine has received 550 million euro from donor countries for the construction of the new protection envelope over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.  In total the country needs 740 million euro to carry out the project. →

Lessons of Chernobyl can apply to Fukushima

April 8 2011 16:45

Russian and the Ukrainian physicians have studied the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the past 25 years and they are ready to share their experience with Japan in the wake of the accident at its Fukushima nuclear power plant. Among the illnesses caused by exposure to radiation are radiation sickness, leukemia, thyroid cancer, schizophrenia, cataract and even early death. →

Life stronger than radiation

March 17 2011 22:00

In April it will be 25 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant . After that tragedy many myths about radioactive effects on people have emerged.  In 1986, thousands of people including the rescuers who worked on the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster and local residents were exposed to different radiation doses. →

Chernobyl as tourist attraction

December 12 2010 16:52

Ukrainian officials have taken representatives from the United Nations on a tour of Chernobyl to introduce them to plans to make the area a world tourist attraction beginning with the coming January. The purpose is commemoration and raising public awareness of nuclear safety issues. →

 
 
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