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Environment

Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control

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Physics

Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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Physics

Could Israel’s bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

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Environment

Farmland near Chernobyl nuclear reactor is finally safe to use again

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Environment

Should Japan dump Fukushima’s radioactive water into the ocean?

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Technology

Situation at Ukrainian nuclear plant is dangerous, IAEA boss warns

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Life

Dogs living near Chernobyl are genetically different to other groups

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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Society

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant ‘not designed to withstand fighting’

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks ‘another Chernobyl’

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Technology

Plan for microbes to eat Chernobyl’s nuclear waste may be ruined

Researchers hoping to identify bacteria capable of consuming radioactive waste at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant fear their work has been destroyed by Russian troops

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Physics

Chernobyl radiation spike may have just been electrical interference

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Health

Ukraine reclaims Chernobyl nuclear plant as Russian forces withdraw

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Technology

Could nuclear material stolen from Chernobyl be used in a dirty bomb?

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Physics

Nuclear safety regulators urge Russia to grant access to Chernobyl

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