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State Property Fund offers cheap rental in Chornobyl to revive exclusion zone

Renting out a 700-square meter building for $11 per month is an unbelievable bargain, even in Ukraine, where rents are cheaper than in Western …
Natalia Datskevych

Ukrainians vs. HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ hit series

U.S. pay television network HBO may have violated Ukraine’s law during the production of its award-winning “Chernobyl” miniseries. Several Ukrainian …
Daria Shulzhenko

Bohdan Nahaylo: Chornobyl – the explosion that blew the lid of the Soviet system

It’s 35 years since an explosion at one of the reactors at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant north of Kyiv resulted in a horrendous catastrophe that …
Bohdan Nahaylo

New study looks into Chornobyl catastrophe’s influence on genetic mutations

Thirty-five years ago, on April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history took place: a reactor exploded at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in …
Natalia Datskevych

Agency Banda designs logo for Chornobyl exclusion zone

While the Chornobyl nuclear disaster lives on within the global collective memory, the towns within the 30-kilometer Chornobyl exclusion zone are …
Henrietta Wolter

Ukraine seeks World Heritage status for Chornobyl zone

More than 34 years after the disastrous explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukrainian authorities are proposing to add a number of objects …
Veronika Strashko

Ukraine launches first cycling route across Chornobyl

The site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, Chornobyl, doesn’t seem like an obvious choice for travelers, yet it has been one of Ukraine’s top …
Daria Shulzhenko

Rain, firefighters bring Chornobyl fires under control

The massive fires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone have been contained, the Interior Ministry reported on April 14. Small-scale fires remain yet, but …
Oleksiy Sorokin

As forest fires approach Chornobyl, parliament takes aim at arsonists

What began as small-scale arson is now turning into a looming disaster. The State Agency for the Management of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone reported …
Oleksiy Sorokin
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Pavlo Podufalov

HBO releases trailer for ‘Chernobyl’ series (VIDEO)

U.S. television network HBO released a trailer for its upcoming miniseries “Chernobyl” on March 28. Depicting the catastrophic nuclear accident in …
Toma Istomina

Solar plant in Chornobyl possible, new study says

The construction of a solar plant worth $1.3 billion with a total capacity of 1,200 megawatts in Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is possible, according to …
Veronika Melkozerova

World in Ukraine: Japanese scientists work to reclaim Chornobyl for solar and wildlife

CHORNOBYL, Ukraine — Hydrologist Sergii Obrizan casts his eyes over Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s cooling pond, a nearly 23-square-kilometer, …
Veronika Melkozerova
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Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Forest fire flares up near Chornobyl plant (VIDEO)

A forest fire that broke out in the Chornobyl zone on June 29 is still burning but poses no threat to the disaster-struck nuclear plant, firefighters …
Nataliya Trach

Chornobyl Corruption: Exclusion Zone Chief Sacked Amid Graft Accusations

There’s also omnipresent corruption. One sign of its presence is that the Cabinet on Sept. 23 fired Yury Antipov, the head of the State Agency for …
Oleg Sukhov

Ukrainian photographer raises €11,515 for Chornobyl photography project

The closest city to the power plant, Prypyat’s abandoned state serves as a compelling memorial to the biggest nuclear disaster in history. When she …
Sandra MacKenzie

Ukrainian photographer Alina Rudya closes in on Kickstarter goal of 10,000 euros for Prypyat project

Read Alina Rudya’s April 22, 2011 story “Prypyat Memories” in the Kyiv Post Rudya and her family lived in Prypyat at the time, which happened when she …
Sandra MacKenzie

Chornobyl donors to meet on raising additional €615 million for confinement shelter

The confinement was slated for completion in 2015, but after a reassessment, the deadline was extended to mid-2017. Besides being off schedule, the …
Olena Gordiienko

Life goes on in Chornobyl’s exclusion zone, 29 years later

See Kyiv Post photographer Volodymyr Petrov’s photo gallery from Chornobyl here Wildlife multiplied in the region as most people were evacuated out of …
Olena Gordiienko
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