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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is located next to the Pripyat River, which feeds into the Dnieper reservoir system, one of the largest surface water systems in Europe, which at the time supplied water to Kiev's 2.4 million residents, and was still in spring flood when the accident occurred.
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in the early hours of 26 April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine.The accident occurred when Reactor Number 4 exploded and destroyed most of the reactor building, spreading debris and radioactive material across the surrounding area, and over the following days and weeks, most of mainland Europe ...
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant [a] (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning.ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometres (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Kyiv.
I was following the construction process of the dome over the reactor in the media and on the internet. I have read a lot about the Chernobyl accident and I know every second of the disaster timeline.
Power to the Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine was unexpectedly severed, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. But the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency said it poses “no ...
The White House described the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site as “incredibly alarming and gravely concerning,” in keeping with its broader condemnation of the ...
Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Ігнатенко; Belarusian: Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка; Russian: Василий Иванович Игнатенко; 13 March 1961 – 13 May 1986) was a Soviet firefighter who was among the first responders to the Chernobyl disaster.
Chernobyl.3828, is a 2011 Ukrainian documentary film about the Chernobyl disaster. Directed by Serhiy Zabolotnyi, it is dedicated to the "liquidators" who were involved in cleaning the most dangerous areas of the plant roof, the "Masha" ("M") zone. The film is named for the 3,828 people who worked in this area. [1] [2]