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Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to knowUkraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant -- the worst civilian nuclear disaster i...
March 11 in world history: From Japan’s tsunami, COVID-19 pandemic declaration to other global eventsMarch 11 marks a day of significant global events. In 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Japan faced a massive earthquake and tsun...
Japan's TEPCO to partially restart world's biggest nuclear power plant on January 20Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to restart its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant unit on January 20. This marks the first restart for TEP...
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated after Russia's massive earthquake; Shinkansen bullet train lines not affected by tsunami warningFollowing a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant as a precaution, halting ope...
Ukraine conducts disaster response drills near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantUkraine has begun nuclear disaster response drills near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. The exercises aim to coord...
IAEA chief meets Russians to discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant protectionThe Zaporizhzhia plant, which Russia seized shortly after its Feb. 24 invasion, was again rocked by shelling at the weekend, leading to ren...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Ukraine's president urges Russians to protest over attack on nuclear plantA building at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was set ablaze during intense fighting, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday, triggering fears...
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...
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...
35 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, wild horses thrive in ChernobylThirty-five years after the world's worst nuclear disaster -- an anniversary commemorated in the ex-Soviet country on April 19 -- surging f...
China orders nationwide safety checks for nuclear facilitiesThe ministry asked firms to conduct self-examinations to "make sure nuclear facilities and equipment are safe and under control", the state...
- Economic hit from Japan Quake seen up to $200 bn
The yen surged to an all-time high against the $ after the Kobe earthquake in '95 as Japanese firms pulled funds home.
- 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...