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euronews (in English) Published on Nov 14, 2016 Slowly moving into place in Ukraine, Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement has cost some 1.5 billion euros and is projected to last at least 100 years. It is 257 metres wide with a … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal Published on Nov 15, 2016 A giant anti-radiation shield started to be moved over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s melted reactor, at the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident more than 30 years ago. The cover is … Continue reading →

RT Published on Nov 15, 2016 A giant radiation shield is being manoevered over the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the final phase of a €1.5 billion (US$1.6bn) project to prevent the leaking of … Continue reading →

The Big Picture RT Published on Apr 28, 2016 Alexey Yaroshevsky, RT America joins Thom. It’s now been thirty years since the worst nuclear disaster in history. On April 26, 1986 – the reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant … Continue reading →

RT America Published on Apr 26, 2016 It’s now been 30 years since the horrific Chernobyl nuclear blast in Ukraine, an explosion that immediately killed two and had immeasurable after-effects. RT’s Ilya Petrenko presents a timeline of the events. Then, … Continue reading →

PBS NewsHour Published on Apr 26, 2016 Bells tolled 30 times in Kiev on Tuesday, once for each year since the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Fallout from Chernobyl haunts Europe: It’s estimated that long-term radiation effects will claim at least … Continue reading →

April 26, 2016 Headlines And Ukraine is holding commemorations today to mark the 30th anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in history. The meltdown at the Chernobyl plant sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Apr 26, 2016 http://democracynow.org – We are on the road in New Mexico, home to Los Alamos and the birthplace of the nuclear age. The atomic bombs used in World War II were designed and developed … Continue reading →

GreenpeaceVideo Published on Apr 26, 2016 A team of Greenpeace visits Ukraine in the Rokytne District, Rivne Region, to investigate the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe. In this clip Nataliya Brychka, Head of Outpatient Clinic, Central District Hospital, talks about … Continue reading →

GreenpeaceVideo Published on Apr 26, 2016 A team of Greenpeace visits the Bryansk region in Russia, to investigate the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Thirty years after the nuclear disaster, five million people still live in contaminated areas. In this … Continue reading →