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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Chernobyl Rembrance Day

Ukraine marks 31st anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
A woman carries a portrait of her lost husband near a monument honoring people who were killed in cleanup efforts after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, during a memorial ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 26, 2017. In the early hours of ...

It was 31 years ago today: Chernobyl

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - ‎2 hours ago‎
Twenty years. There's something about that 20. Could McCartney have chosen a different anniversary and served his purposes just as well? Maybe, maybe not. What's certain is that he did not kick off rock's most lavishly praised album like this: It was ...

Chernobyl's ghost town draws daring tourists — 31 years after nuclear blast

Toronto Star - ‎4 hours ago‎
Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant three kilometres away exploded on April 26, 1986. But its shell remains. An edition of the newspaper Sovetsky Patriot, dated three days before the nuclear explosion, is attached to a ...

Chernobyl and the strange world of dark tourism

euronews - ‎3 hours ago‎
The once obscure and unassuming area of Chernobyl in a remote northern corner of Ukraine has become synonymous with the worst case scenario in a nuclear accident. Until the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, Chernobyl was undoubtedly the worst nuclear ...

Does nuclear power have a future?

Deutsche Welle - ‎8 hours ago‎
On April 26, 1986 the Chernobly disaster released radiation across Ukraine, Russia and into Europe. It was turning point for the anti-nuclear movement. 31 years later, is nuclear power becoming a thing of the past? Flash Galerie 25 Jahre Tschernobyl 9 ...

What A Cherokee Legend Can Teach Us About Climate Change

Huffington Post Canada - ‎7 hours ago‎
Years ago, I remember listening to a radio documentary that reconstructed the dramatic final moments in the control room of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kiev, Ukraine on April 26, 1986. That re-enactment came to mind recently as I read two news ...

Chernobyl disaster: The nuclear ghost town 31 years later

Yahoo News Canada (blog) - ‎6 hours ago‎
The town of Pripyat was once the perfect model of Soviet living. Built in the 1970s, it housed the families of the workers at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear plant. Today it is abandoned crumbling within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. 31 years ago on 26 ...

The Ghosts of Chernobyl

Sputnik International - ‎7 hours ago‎
April 26 marks the anniversary of the notorious Chernobyl Disaster. On this day, 31 year ago a catastrophic nuclear accident happened at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, turning the once lively city of Pripyat in the-then Ukrainian Soviet republic ...

The Chernobyl Meltdown - April 26, 1986

WDEL 1150AM - ‎3 hours ago‎
A playground is seen in the deserted town of Pripyat, 1.86 miles from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering ...

Chernobyl exposed vulnerability of humanity - Higgins

RTE.ie - ‎8 hours ago‎
President Michael D Higgins has said the Chernobyl disaster 31 years ago exposed the vulnerability of humanity and the environment. The plant in the north of former Soviet Ukraine exploded in 1986 after a safety test went wrong at 1.23am on 26 April.

Today is International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

Armenpress.am - ‎7 hours ago‎
YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 spread a radioactive cloud over large parts of the Soviet Union, now the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Nearly 8.4 million people in ...

'A dark day in human history' - President Higgins is first head of state to back Cherbnobyl Remembrance Day

Irish Independent - ‎10 hours ago‎
President Michael D Higgins has become the first head of state to back International Chernobyl Remembrance Day as recalling "a dark day in human history." His comments came as Chernobyl Children International (CCI) founder Adi Roche and international ...

Belarus president describes Chernobyl shelter construction as major European event

Belarus News (BelTA) - ‎9 hours ago‎
CHERNOBYL, 26 April (BelTA) – The construction of a safe confinement over the destroyed fourth unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an important event for Europe. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement while talking to ...

Chernobyl disaster, 31 years on: International cooperation still needed to address consequences, says UN

UN News Centre - ‎30 minutes ago‎
A helicopter approaches the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to check the damage to the nuclear reactor. April 1986. UN Photo/IAEA. Print. 26 April 2017 – The United Nations today commemorated the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day ...

Anti-nuclear campaigners stage Menai Bridge protest on Chernobyl anniversary

Daily Post North Wales - ‎8 hours ago‎
Campaigners opposed to a new nuclear power station being built on Anglesey protested on one of two bridges linking it to the mainland. This morning, rush hour commuters encountered People Against Wylfa B (PAWB) who were marking the 31st anniversary ...

Why were authorities slow to admit the truth about Chernobyl?

Russia Beyond the Headlines - ‎10 hours ago‎
Nikolai Ryzhkov, chairman of the Soviet government who spearheaded the cleanup operation after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, talks to RBTH about how he and others flew over the gaping hole of the reactor in ordinary helicopters, how they pioneered ...

Lukashenko arrives in Chernobyl

Belarus News (BelTA) - ‎11 hours ago‎
CHERNOBYL, 26 April (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Chernobyl, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine, where he will visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and nearby facilities, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko was welcomed ...

Chernobyl nuclear disaster 31 years ago

KVOA Tucson News - ‎7 hours ago‎
People in Ukraine remembering a dark day in the nation's history on Wednesday. It's been *31 years, since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Surviving workers were in Kiev gathered, to remember former co-workers who died after the explosion and fire.

Mark Chernobyl's 'remembrance day' at The Set, Kilkenny

Kilkenny People - ‎5 hours ago‎
Prominent figures from the Irish music industry, such as Jack L, Bell X 1's Paul Noonan, Gavin Glass and Maria Doyle Kennedy, are gathering for a special concert in Kilkenny to mark the 31st Anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster and raise ...

Chernobyl 31 years on: Opinion – Chernobyl changed many lives

Energy Voice - ‎10 hours ago‎
The memory of Chernobyl is still strongly retained and solemnly commemorated in Ukraine, where, again, I will spend another Chernobyl Anniversary, on 26th April. Ukrainian television channels carry a Chernobyl logo in one corner of the screen and ...

31st anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster: Here's what happened

Mid-Day - ‎11 hours ago‎
April 26, 2016 marks the the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Thirty one years ago, an accidental explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant caused devastation in what was then part of the Soviet Union. The incident. A botched test at ...

Chernobyl: Remembering the deadliest nuclear accident in history

TRT World - ‎13 hours ago‎
In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a botched test at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in former Soviet Ukraine triggered a meltdown, ultimately killing and displacing thousands. Photo by: Getty Images. The town of Pripyat and the surrounding area will ...

Adi Roche: 'I'm asking world leaders to help removing and storing Chernobyl's radioactive material'

thejournal.ie - ‎14 hours ago‎
31 YEARS AGO today, at exactly 01:23 on the morning of April 26 1986, a chain of events in Reactor No 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine led to an explosion spewing deadly radioactive contamination into the night sky. The blowing winds ...

Remembering Chernobyl, 31 years on

euronews - ‎15 hours ago‎
A ceremony has been held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to remember the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 31 years on. A powerful explosion and fire sent a contaminated cloud into the sky in what was the worst event of its kind in the world ...

Ukraine marks 31 years since Chernobyl disaster

WWMT-TV - ‎6 hours ago‎
UKRAINE (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Wednesday, Ukraine is marking 31 years since the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. People are laying flowers and paying respects during a ceremony remembering the world's worst nuclear disaster. Now more than ...

Metsamor – the only nuclear plant based on Chernobyl technology: Azerbaijani MFA

APA - ‎12 hours ago‎
On the occasion of the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, Azerbaijan, expressing solidarity with Belarus, Ukraine and Russia which were directly affected by this tragedy, calls on the international community to pay attention to the ...

Adi Roche says Kilkenny volunteers are “backbone of the organisation”

KCLR96FM.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The founder of Chernobyl Children International says their hard-working team of volunteers in Kilkenny are the “backbone of the organisation”. Adi Roche was speaking as today marks the very first International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day.

Chernobyl 31 years on: Are we equipped to deal with the fallout of another nuclear disaster?

Energy Voice - ‎14 hours ago‎
31 years ago today the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, close to the Belarus border, was hit by an explosion and fire. The 1986 incident is widely regarded as the biggest man made disaster in the world. The accident prompted sweeping health ...

Chernobyl 31 years on: Watch the United Nations videos on the disaster

Energy Voice - ‎14 hours ago‎
Energy Voice is marking the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster with a series of articles. Here the United Nations has provided three videos looking at different stages of the nuclear accident, which unfolded on April 26 in the Ukraine. The UN ...

Chernobyl 31 years on: Gallery of a ghost town

Energy Voice - ‎14 hours ago‎
Following a planned shutdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine an explosion and subsequent fire broke out. Super heated fuel rods entered the cooling water and sparked a reaction that ended up blowing the protection around reactor ... 

Chernobyl Pictures And Facts About Nuclear Disaster At Power Plant 31 Years Later

International Business Times - ‎22 hours ago‎
Thirty-one years ago Wednesday, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, commencing the worst nuclear disaster in history. More than three decades later, the 1986 meltdown is still considered the world's worst nuclear disaster. The area ...

Chernobyl disaster isn't over, it's a forever event

Irish Examiner - ‎19 hours ago‎
THE Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986, recedes into the past, dissolves over time, but its effects continue to live among and within the people of the stricken regions. On this 31st anniversary of Chernobyl and the 6th anniversary of Fukushima we ...

Today marks 31 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster

WTVY, Dothan - ‎12 hours ago‎
Pripyat, Ukraine (CBS Newspath) - The Chernobyl nuclear disaster took place on April 26, 1986 and led to 31 immediate deaths. The disaster has had lasting ramifications on the area ever since due to the plumes of radioactive material that penetrated ...

Aid donors head for Chernobyl to mark 31st anniversary today

Irish Examiner - ‎19 hours ago‎
Chernobyl crusaders Adi Roche and Ali Hewson are taking several core donors who helped sustain their charity during the recession on a fact-finding mission to the nuclear disaster-affected region today. As the UN marks the first UN Chernobyl Disaster ...

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 2017 observed

Jagran Josh - ‎13 hours ago‎
The Day commemorates the explosion at the Ukraine's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 which spread a radioactive cloud over large parts of the Soviet Union, now the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Due to the explosion, ...

Chernobyl's Jewish History Before The Nuclear Accident

Forward - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
My aunt recently reminded me that everything changed on April 26, 1986. I knew this, of course, but it wasn't often that my family talked about the accident or the evacuation. When I was growing up in Brooklyn, my grandfather Mikhail spoke proudly of ...

Someone Turned the Lights On in Pripyat, 31 Years After Chernobyl

ExtremeTech - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
Pripyat is a radioactive ghost town just outside Chernobyl, the site of the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986. Deep within the Exclusion Zone, the city has been permanently evacuated. Because of the contamination, officially you can't live there ...

17 stunning photos that show what the radioactive area around Chernobyl looks like more than 30 years after the ...

Business Insider - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
On April 26, 1986, a radioactive release 10 times bigger than the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power station inside the Soviet Union. It would go down in history as one of the worst disasters of its kind. The explosion ...

Thirty-one years on, Chernobyl takes a place among humanity's darkest passages

Bellona - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
This year, April 26, the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, will mark the first year the United Nations observes the date as an International Day of Remembrance. The commemoration is bold, wedging the catastrophe's place among some of humanity ...

A photographer went to Chernobyl and started turning lights on. The results are haunting

The indy100 - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
It was founded on 4 February 1970 as a part of the Soviet Union, to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was evacuated on Sunday 27 April 1986, the day after the Chernobyl disaster at Reactor No. 4, which caused large quantities of ...

31 years after Chernobyl: 6 worst nuclear explosions in the history of earth

India Today - ‎Apr 25, 2017‎
Read on to know about 6 worst nuclear disasters that could have wiped us from the face of this planet. Chernobyl. Chernobyl. RELATED STORIES. The First Battle of Panipat: 12 facts on the battle which marked the beginning of the Mughal era · Remember, ...

AP Photos: Chernobyl's ghost town draws daring visitors

LancasterOnline - ‎3 hours ago‎
This photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, shows a gymnasium in a school in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine. Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to ...

China is building a huge solar power farm inside Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone

pvbuzz media - ‎59 minutes ago‎
The plan is to spend $1 billion to build a giant solar farm on land contaminated by the nuclear disaster in Ukraine using original power lines. facebook · twitter · google+ · linkedin · email · reddit. The Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear ...

WATCH: Chernobyl survivour thanks Irish people for not forgetting

Newstalk 106-108 fm - ‎6 hours ago‎
On April 26th 1986, an explosion and fires at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine caused the largest uncontrolled radioactive release in the history of the civil nuclear industry. Large quantities of radioactive iodine and cesium were released into ...

Lukashenko, Poroshenko honor memory of Chernobyl clean-up workers

Belarus News (BelTA) - ‎11 hours ago‎
CHERNOBYL, 26 April (BelTA) - Presidents of Belarus and Ukraine Alexander Lukashenko and Petro Poroshenko paid tribute to the memory of the Chernobyl clean-up workers in the day of another anniversary of the nuclear disaster, BelTA has learned.

President of Belarus arrives in Chernobyl for anniversary of nuclear explosion

TVR - ‎9 hours ago‎
Alexander Lukashenko was personally met by Petr Poroshenko. Together the heads of the states honored the memory of the dead liquidators. They laid flower baskets to the Memory Wall of the memorial complex Heroes of Chernobyl. Now the Presidents are ...

Presidents of Belarus and Ukraine to visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

TVR - ‎12 hours ago‎
Today is the 31st anniversary of the most terrible catastrophe in the history of nuclear energy. Today, the head of state, Alexander Lukashenko, together with his Ukrainian counterpart Petr Poroshenko, will visit the nuclear power plant and the nearest sites.
 

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