Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Chernobyl laboratory containing ‘highly active samples’

The Chernobyl laboratory is now in ‘the hands of the enemy’, say officials

The Independent UK

Chernobyl laboratory which processed radioactive waste DESTROYED by Russian troops

Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, is under the control of Russian soldiers who are said to have destroyed a £6million lab used to check radioactive waste

Daily Mirror

Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities say Russian control of plant is hampering efforts to control the blazes

The Guardian - US

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

All Chernobyl staff who wanted to leave are out, U.N. nuclear watchdog says

The remaining members of the one shift of technical staff who had been on duty at Chernobyl's radioactive waste facilities since Russian forces seized the site last month have been relieved, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

Reuters

Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks amid concern over Chernobyl radiation levels rising

The Kremlin said the talks had made no significant progress as yet although Ukrainian delegate and lawmaker David Arakhamia said working groups are meeting throughout the day

Daily Mirror

East Lothian charity plants sunflower seeds for Ukrainian families as it sends message of support

Fostering Compassion worked with Chernobyl children when they visited Scotland four years ago and the youngsters have been in their thoughts as the war on Ukraine has continued over the last month

Edinburgh Live

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Ukraine state nuclear company unable to monitor radiation levels around Chernobyl

Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom warned on Monday that radiation levels around the occupied Chernobyl nuclear plant risked rising because its radiation monitoring system and forest fire-fighting service were not working.

Reuters

Chernobyl staff rotated out for first time since site's capture -IAEA

Around half the single shift of staff who have been working non-stop at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl since Russian forces seized the site last month have been relieved by other Ukrainian staff, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.

Reuters

‘We will not surrender the station’: Concern over Russian attacks on Ukrainian nuclear plants

Pavlo Pavlyshyn, the director of the Rivne nuclear power plant, has been working in Ukraine’s atomic power industry since 1992. He spoke to FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg about the current dangers at Ukraine’s power plants, only three of which – including Rivne – remain under Ukrainian control.

France 24

In Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, exhausted hostages work at gunpoint after Russian occupation

For more than three decades, very little has disturbed the vast exclusion zone around Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, just as authorities intended. That is, until Russian troops moved in, kicking up radioactive dust in their wake.

ABC News

Lanarkshire club to host disco fundraiser for Ukrainian charity

Proceeds from nostalgic event at Airdrie Working Men's Club will go to the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline

Daily Record

Is a nuclear disaster likely in Ukraine?

The IAEA and nuclear experts warn Ukrainian nuclear sites are at risk. Is a major nuclear incident possible?

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl nuclear plant in 'new accident' fears as staff 'held at gunpoint' by Russian forces

The mayor of a town near to the nuclear power plant warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies come close to running out.

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

All Russia's evil ploys to win Ukraine war - from kidnapping mayors to hacking TV show

From the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has used severe actions to try and turn the tide, from lying to their people, to disconnecting Chernobyl and bombing hospitals

The Independent UK

Mayor of town housing workers at Chernobyl warns of ‘another Fukushima’ as hostages run out of food and fuel

Mayor wants humanitarian corridor for workers on the edge ‘due to physical and emotional exhaustion’

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl 'in danger of new nuclear catastrophe with 100 staff hostage at gunpoint'

Reports warned of a 'complete catastrophe' as food and fuel supplies run out - including emergency generators for back up control of the plant's safety systems

The Independent UK

Zaporizhzhia: Russia detonated explosives at damaged Ukrainian nuclear plant, IAEA told

Chernobyl re-connected to national electricity grid, Ukrainian regulators tell international agency

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Ukraine tells IAEA Russia preventing it from answering Chernobyl questions

Russia's control of radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl is limiting the flow of information out of them such that Ukraine cannot fully answer all the International Atomic Energy Agency's questions, the Ukrainian nuclear regulator has told the IAEA.

The Independent UK

What is potassium iodide? The drug is in demand as Russia’s invasion stokes radiation fears

Potassium iodide has become a hot commodity as the war in Ukraine raises fears of global nuclear conflict

Asharq Al-Awsat

Power Restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday. Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear operator Energoatom accused the Russian military of detonating ammunition at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the country's…

Evening Standard

Ukraine: Chernobyl powerline damaged by Russian forces just a day after electricity restored

The power line supplying the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been damaged by Russian forces just a day after it was repaired, Ukraine’s state power company has claimed.

Reuters

Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant has no external electricity supply again - grid operator

The head of Ukraine's state-owned grid operator, Ukrenergo, said on Monday the Chernobyl nuclear power station was relying on electricity from diesel generators after external power supplies to the plant were damaged again.

Reuters

Chernobyl nuclear plant power line damaged by Russian forces - grid operator

A high-voltage power line to Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant was damaged by Russian forces not long after electricity supplies were restored to the facility, grid operator Ukrenergo said in a statement on Monday.

The Independent UK

Power is back on at Chernobyl power station as ‘nuclear disaster averted’

Power cut at the plant led to concerns over the risk of radiation leak if the power line was not repaired

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Atomic Energy Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.