Russian strikes kill at least 16 across Ukraine as Kyiv struck a Russian oil refinery, while Zelenskyy and IAEA warned of renewed nuclear risks at Chernobyl.

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On 40th Chernobyl disaster anniversary, Zelenskyy accuses Russia of committing 'nuclear terrorism'

Ukrainians gathered to honour those who died from the accident, as well as the hundreds of thousands who cleaned up after the disaster, exposing themselves to high levels of radiation.

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‘Nature has performed a factory reset’: Chernobyl has flourished into an unlikely wildlife refuge

On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the site remains too dangerous for humans – but wildlife has moved back in.

France 24

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40 years since Chernobyl disaster: Soviet Union's 'top-down culture' partly to blame

Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London, to …

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Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster

Ukraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant – the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history. It comes four years into the …

Handelsblatt Politik

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10:57

Nuclear energy: Ukraine wants to massively expand nuclear power

Am Sonntag jährt sich die Atomkatastrophe von Tschernobyl zum 40. Mal. Kurz vor dem Jahrestag spricht sich Kiew für einen Ausbau der Kernkraft aus und nennt konkrete Ziele.

La Repubblica (IT)

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08:46

Chernobyl, 26 April 1986: the explosion occurred at 1.23 am. Then the USSR's lies led to disaster

La timeline degli eventi seguiti all’incidente nella centrale nucleare. Diciotto giorni dopo Gorbaciov dichiarò: “Il peggio è passato”. Ma ancora oggi uomini e natura portano i segni di quel giorno

03:00

Chernobyl, this is what happened 40 years ago

Il racconto per tappe dell’esplosione nella centrale nucleare nel 1986

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Svetlana Aleksievich: “The ghost of Chernobyl weighs on our future”

La premio Nobel bielorussa: “Al Cremlino un Uomo Rosso che ci riporta indietro nel tempo. Di quel che avvenne quaranta anni fa la colpa è umana. Riflettiamo sul fatto che …

Le Figaro

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Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, radioactivity is still “higher” than elsewhere in certain regions of France

Ces zones sont situées dans les Vosges, en Alsace, la vallée du Rhône, le Puy-de-Dôme, l’est de la Corse, les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence et les Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

NYT Europe

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04:01

40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt.

04:01

40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation and the long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

SRF Wirtschaft

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“3 vo 5” – the cult quiz – What do you know about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?

Fünf Fragen – mindestens drei Antworten müssen richtig sein, um Ihr Wissen unter Beweis zu stellen.

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A nuclear power plant explodes - Chernobyl - a catastrophe with consequences

Ein Sicherheitstest läuft aus dem Ruder und führt am 26. April 1986 zur schlimmsten Atomkatastrophe der Geschichte.