Russian drone hits nuclear fuel facility near Chernobyl
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Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.
Chernobyl's nuclear plant still stands frozen in time 40 years later, preserving the scars of disaster while shaping the future of nuclear safety.
There's an object so deadly that even standing next to it can kill you within minutes. It's also completely man-made and only exists in a single place on Earth.
(April 26), a safety test at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine set off two explosions, triggering the world’s biggest nuclear disaster. However, it could have been worse had it not been for the heroism of three men — Alexei Ananenko,
26 April marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, in the then Soviet-controlled country of Ukraine. In 1986, one of the power plant's reactors suffered an explosion, sending a radioactive plume across Europe. The effects were devastating and ...