Chernobyl nuclear site’s protective shelter severely damaged in drone attack, cannot confine radiation: UN warnsA Russian drone strike in February 2025 severely damaged the New Safe Confinement at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site. The structure, desig...
07 Dec, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Ukraine flags nuclear risk after Russia’s drones cut power to Chernobyl, Europe’s largest plant offlineRussia's power grid attacks escalate nuclear safety concerns after a drone caused a three-hour blackout at Chernobyl, impacting crucial coo...
02 Oct, 2025, 02.49 PM IST
Chernobyl radiation shield damaged in Russian drone attack, claims UkraineUkraine alleges that a Russian drone strike damaged Chernobyl’s radiation shield, but officials confirm no change in radiation levels. Mosc...
14 Feb, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
Why is Chernobyl famous? Revisiting the infamous nuclear accident site after alleged Russian drone strikeChernobyl's radiation shelter has been allegedly hit by a Russian drone, according to claims made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
14 Feb, 2025, 06.32 PM IST
Opening old wounds? Ukraine claims Chernobyl's radiation shield hit by Russian droneChernobyl, one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, is back in the headlines as the damaged site has been hit again by a Russian drone a...
14 Feb, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
Chernobyl dogs are evolving, nuclear radition changing their genesA study reveals stray dogs near Chernobyl are evolving with distinct genetic differences. Researchers analyzed DNA from 302 dogs, finding u...
10 Dec, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
IAEA chief to head mission to Chernobyl next weekSince the withdrawal of the Russian military from the Chernobyl plant, Ukraine has taken significant steps for the safe and secure operatio...
23 Apr, 2022, 10.56 AM IST
Russian soldiers likely exposed to Chernobyl radiation: UkraineVehicles used by Russian forces would have raised radioactive dust clouds and soldiers also dug trenches in the most contaminated part of t...
01 Apr, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
Russia occupies Chernobyl staff town, Kyiv saysEarlier, Kyiv announced that Russian troops had entered Slavutych and occupied the municipal hospital.
26 Mar, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
IAEA: Power line repairs begin at ChernobylThe Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog said that it still isn't receiving data from monitoring systems installed to monitor nuclear material ...
12 Mar, 2022, 02.43 PM IST
Explained: What's behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the plant, which was occupied by Russian forces earlier in the Feb. 24 invasion, "lost all el...
10 Mar, 2022, 09.18 AM IST
Chernobyl power cut, transmission lost at Europe's largest atomic plant: IAEAThe news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission w...
10 Mar, 2022, 08.44 AM IST
Ukraine warns of radiation leak risk after power cut at occupied Chernobyl plantOn Tuesday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned that the systems monitoring nuclear material at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl ...
09 Mar, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Power cut at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant: operatorThe nuclear power plant "was fully disconnected from the power grid," it said in a statement on its Facebook page, adding that military ope...
09 Mar, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
Russia's seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant adds to fears about radiation safetyRussian forces captured the Zaporizhzhia plant - Europe's largest - after attacking it in the early hours of Friday, setting an adjacent fi...
04 Mar, 2022, 03.53 PM IST
IAEA calls on all parties to refrain from actions that threatens safety of Ukraine's nuclear power plantsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Ukraine has four nuclear power sites with a total of 15 reactors, providing roughly...
27 Feb, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Abandoned plant and wasteland: Ukraine eyes UNESCO World Heritage tag for ChernobylOn April 26, the former Soviet republic marks the 35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, when a reactor at the plant, loc...
23 Apr, 2021, 09.26 AM IST