In the spring of 1986, nuclear power was called the energy of the future. In the Soviet Union, it stood as a symbol of technological strength and national pride. But that pride belied massive systemic ...
On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...
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What happened in the final moments of Chernobyl
A nuclear engineer reacts to “That Chernobyl Guy” and breaks down the final moments of Reactor 4 and the events leading to ...
The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...
The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...
Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...
In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of ...
Olena Maruzhenko remembers her mother sobbing when Soviet police told them to evacuate their home in the village of Korogod in northern Ukraine. Just 12km away, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear ...
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