In 1986, in the world’s worst accident of its kind, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spewed a large amount of radioactive material throughout Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Since that time, authorities have permanently evacuated nearly 120,000 people from the Chernobyl exclus...

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  • Deseret News archives: Has Ukraine ever recovered from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
    Residents of the region continue to battle health, environmental issues after the April 26, 1986, disaster. And now they are enveloped by conflict. Read more.
    04/26/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link
  • Radioactive Chernobyl is a wildlife haven after 38 years of nuclear disaster
    Beyond the damage incurred by human beings that pervades to this day, the Chernobyl disaster wreaked havoc across the landscape.
    04/26/2024 - 3:13 am | View Link
  • Zelensky warns of new Chernobyl disaster as Ukraine marks anniversary
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the country marked the anniversary of the 1986 disaster at the power plant. "Europe's largest ...
    04/26/2024 - 12:29 am | View Link
  • Unstable dams mean Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster threatens Central Asia’s Fergana valley
    A possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster threatens the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia as Soviet-built dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings that sit above the region are ...
    04/23/2024 - 9:43 am | View Link
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