Ukraine says Russians stole lethal substances from ChernobylMoscow's forces seized the defunct power plant on the first day of their invasion of Ukraine on February 24. They occupied the highly radio...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.49 PM 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
Ukraine says some Russian troops still in Chernobyl exclusion zoneSome Russian troops were still in the "exclusion zone" around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station on Friday morning, the head of th...
01 Apr, 2022, 07.16 PM IST
Ukraine demands Russia withdraw from Chernobyl area, says ammunition could explodeDeputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukraine had asked Russia at talks on Tuesday to allow 97 humanitarian corridors to be establish...
30 Mar, 2022, 12.46 PM 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
How dangerous was Russia's nuclear plant strike?After taking the strategic port city of Kherson, Russian forces moved into the territory near Zaporizhzhia and attacked the nearby city of ...
04 Mar, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
Ukraine's Zelensky accuses Russia of 'nuclear terror' after plant attack"No country other than Russia has ever fired on nuclear power units," he said in a video message released by his office. "This is the first...
04 Mar, 2022, 09.58 AM 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
Germany faces tough questions as nuclear exit nearsFormer village mayor Wolfgang Mayer's house has direct views of the imposing complex with its two 160-metre cooling towers -- taller than t...
05 Mar, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
Kakrapar plant leak exposes 'mysterious' chink in armourDespite best efforts, it continues to leak a mixture of light and heavy water. The exact cause of the leak also remains a mystery.
20 Mar, 2016, 04.55 PM IST
NR Narayan Murthy pitches for nuclear power, says criticism ineffectiveMurthy said he was proud when he visited the country's first indigenously designed nuclear reactor Dhruva at the BARC here.
10 Aug, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
- Fear of global nuke meltdown rise; can India stay insulated?
Indian firms pause to assess their nuclear plans. Experts say none of the current or proposed nuclear reactors falls in high risk zones.
20 Mar, 2011, 05.40 AM IST
- Stay the course
India should focus on safety while scaling up its nuclear energy programme.
17 Mar, 2011, 05.55 AM IST
- Like Bhopal, Fukushima may haunt future
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples...
16 Mar, 2011, 08.40 AM IST
- Japan nuclear blast: US experts fear 'Chernobyl-like' crisis for Japan
US nuclear experts has warned that pumping sea water to cool nuclear reactor was an "act of desperation" that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-li...
13 Mar, 2011, 12.52 PM IST
- Ukraine pays homage to Chernobyl catastrophe victims
Ukraine on Saturday paid homage to victims of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, described by Kiev as a global "catastrophe", 22 years after ...
26 Apr, 2008, 05.13 PM IST
- UN chief pledges aid on Chernobyl disaster anniversary
UN chief Ban Ki-moon marked the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine by pledging UN assistance for the stricken re...
26 Apr, 2008, 08.43 AM IST