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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Fears mount over Russian chemical weapons as battle for Kyiv accelerates

Ukrainian intelligence claims Putin planning ‘false flag’ attack on Chernobyl power plant

The Independent UK

What nuclear energy has to do with nuclear war

Nuclear weapons have been branded as 'bad' and nuclear energy as 'good', and it's impacting our abilities to notice the material threats Ukraine is facing, argues Dr Karly Burch.

Newsroom.co.nz

What we know about Chernobyl since Russia took control of the site after invading Ukraine

Russian forces have been in control of the defunct Chernobyl site since its invasion of Ukraine began, prompting concerns about the defunct nuclear site's safety.

ABC News

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Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks

Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme.

Al Jazeera

'Growing issue' with nuclear safety in Ukraine as Chernobyl remains in 'blackout'

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there is no confirmation that power has been restored at Chernobyl

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian couple evacuated from Chernobyl in 80s are now trapped by war

Halyna and Valeriy, a Ukrainian couple in their 60s, were evacuated from their home near the Chernobyl plant where they worked as engineers when a reactor exploded in 1986, triggering the world's worst nuclear accident.

Reuters

Russia says Belarus restores power supply to Chernobyl nuclear plant

Russia's energy ministry said on Thursday that Belarusian specialists had restored electricity supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

Reuters

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Where is Chernobyl and is it safe? Ukraine warns of radiation risk

The infamous site of one of the worst peacetime manmade disasters in history, Chernobyl nuclear powerplant has been thrust back into the spotlight - here's what you need to know about its radiation risks

Daily Mirror

Fears as Europe's biggest nuclear plant goes offline - hours after Chernobyl cut off

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant going off the grid comes as just yesterday the Russians also disconnected Chernobyl nuclear power plant, igniting fear at the site

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia power cuts: nervous wait as Ukraine nuclear power plants could start leaking radiation

The catastrophic disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 was caused by an explosion at the Reactor 4 Unit. This expelled a sizeable quantity of radioactive material into the surroundings, alongside a partial meltdown of the reactor core. The last few decades have seen substantial international efforts to…

The Conversation

Nuclear safety watchdog loses contact with Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine after capture by Russian forces

The world’s nuclear safety watchdog has lost contact with the captured Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, just hours after warning of a potential disaster in Chernobyl.

Evening Standard

Lukashenko orders Belarusian specialists to ensure power supply to Chernobyl plant - BelTA

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has instructed Belarusian specialists to ensure power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the BelTA news agency reported on Thursday.

Reuters

IAEA: Chernobyl Power Cut, Transmission Lost at Europe’s Largest Atomic Plant

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine said Wednesday, but the UN's atomic watchdog said there was "no critical impact on safety". The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Latest Ukraine updates: Kyiv mayor says half the city has fled

Russia-Ukraine news from March 10: Kyiv’s mayor says nearly two million people have left the capital since invasion.

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?

When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war updates: US House votes to ban Russian oil as Ukraine wakes to third week of war — as it happened

The US lower house overwhelmingly approves legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States.

France 24

Ukraine's deputy PM on Mariupol hospital: 'There is no doubt this was a targeted attack'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna confirmed an attack from Russian forces on a children's hospital in the city of Mariupol, saying "there is no doubt this has been a targeted attack". She also warned that Russia had shut off the Chernobyl nuclear plant…

Reuters

Russia says Ukrainian forces struck power lines supplying Chernobyl plant

Russia's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of attacking power lines and a substation feeding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in what it said was a "dangerous provocation", the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

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France, Europe alarmed by Russian threat to nuclear facilities, EU walks out of IAEA meeting

France says it is in direct contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Paris seeks to assess the situation at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant amid growing fears that Russia's invasion could deliberately target nuclear facilities.

ABC News

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister warns of potential Chernobyl disaster due to power cut but IAEA says situation is not critical

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereschuk tells the ABC's Four Corners she is concerned about a potential catastrophe if power is not restored at the plant within the next 48 hours.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine calls for ceasefire to restore power at Chernobyl

Ukraine reports power cut at the Chernobyl nuclear plant as IAEA says outage has no ‘critical impact’ on safety.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: ‘Several areas of concern’ after Chernobyl power plant knocked off grid, experts say

Without power, the ‘parameters of nuclear and radiation safety’ cannot be controlled, authorities warn

Evening Standard

Chernobyl nuclear plant ‘cut from power network’, says state energy company

Officials are said to be unable to monitor radiation levels at the facility after power was severed on Wednesday

Los Angeles Times

Evacuation efforts resume in Ukraine; power cut to Chernobyl plant

KOZELETS, Ukraine — As basic survival grows increasingly precarious, civilian evacuation efforts resumed Wednesday in Ukrainian cities battered by a Russian assault that shows no let-up after two weeks of relentless bombardment.

Reuters

IAEA says no critical impact on safety after power loss at Chernobyl

The loss of power at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine does not have any critical impact on safety, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday.

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