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
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent missionUkraine and Russia again accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, which was briefl...
29 Aug, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
Fighting in Ukraine endangers Zaporizhzhia plant; nations trade accusationsDuring the fighting in early March, Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged fire near the plant. The skirmishes resulted in a fire at its tr...
10 Aug, 2022, 06.04 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
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertainEleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plan...
11 Mar, 2022, 12.47 PM 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
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
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
- Japan evacuation may force Hitachi to close plants
Workers are unable to go within 20 km of the tsunami-hit Fukushima plant due high radiation risk.
15 Apr, 2011, 07.56 AM IST
- Commodities surge for third quarter as Japan quake saps stocks
Rising food prices sparked protests in Tunisia and Egypt and fighting erupted in Libya as unrest swept across a region that produces about ...
02 Apr, 2011, 07.37 AM 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
- Japan raises accident severity level at plant
Braving the risk of radiation exposure, emergency workers at the quake-stricken Fukushima plant battled to cool the overheating reactors.
19 Mar, 2011, 03.11 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
- Tsunami in Japan: Quake-hit Japan faces new threat: Nuclear meltdown
Cooling systems failed at another nuclear reactor on Japan's devastated coast on Sunday hours after an explosion at a nearby unit leaking r...
13 Mar, 2011, 06.35 AM IST
- Human error: Man-made ecological disasters
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of Puerto Rico. It has already reached the marshes of Louisiana. As environmental...
08 May, 2010, 12.15 PM IST