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Breach of Chernobyl plant shield can no longer confine radiation: IAEA warns

Breach of Chernobyl plant shield can no longer confine radiation: IAEA warns

Christopher McFadden | MSN.com   Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) facility may have been compromised after a drone strike in February 2025, according to reports. The strike was likely an accident, but the drone carried a high-explosive warhead, creating a hole in the structure, starting a fire, and damaging theRead More

The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the dangers of nuclear energy

The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the dangers of nuclear energy

Major General Sudhir Vombatkere Major General S.G. Vombatkere retired as the Additional Director General, Discipline & Vigilance in Army HQ, New Delhi. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Iowa, USA, in international studies, and is a member of NAPM and PUCL. He writes on strategic and development-relatedRead More

IAEA Report: Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine

IAEA Report: Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine

Chernobyl, Documents, Latest, Zaporizhzhya September 9, 2022 at 6:48 pm 0 comments

IAEA REPORT: NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY AND SAFEGUARDS IN UKRAINE ukraine-2ndsummaryreport_sept2022

Russian seizure of Chernobyl lays bare the farcical designation of nuclear power as ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’

Russian seizure of Chernobyl lays bare the farcical designation of nuclear power as ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’

Karly Burch | The Conversation At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian parliament issued a statement blaming the fires on shelling or arson by Russian forces that captured the site inRead More