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Deutsche Welle: Russia’s ‘floating Chernobyl’ nuclear power plant heads out to sea

Russia launched a floating nuclear power plant out of its shipyard in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Read more here.
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Russia’s floating nuclear plant heads out to sea

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant has headed out for its first sea voyage. Read more here.
Associated Press

UkrInform: President says Ukraine to improve legislation on radioactive waste management

The Ukrainian government continues improving legislation on radioactive waste management. Read more here.
UkrInform

Nikolai Holmov: From half-life to the afterlife, Chernobyl and beyond (extending reactor life spans)

The 26th April marks the 32nd anniversary of the infamous Chernobyl disaster in (what was then Soviet) Ukraine. Read more here.
Nikolai Holmov

Poroshenko: New confinement at Chornobyl NPP to be commissioned in 2018

New containment facility at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is planned to be put into operation this December, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Ukrainian pilot who survived Chornobyl disaster still flying at 86

Ukrainian military pilot Mykola Volkozub could barely move under the weight of a lead vest meant to protect him from radiation as he prepared for …
Reuters

Rada votes down bills on social protection of Chornobyl cleanup workers

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has refused to support the bills, which proposed to deprive the Cabinet of Ministers of the authority to set the amount …
Interfax-Ukraine

UkrInform: 60,000 tourists visited Chornobyl zone last year

Sixty thousand tourists visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone last year. Read more here.
UkrInform

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

Bloomberg: Radiation is put to good use for once in Chernobyl

A hundred yards from the rusting ruins at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a gossamer array of almost 4,000 photovoltaic panels sits …
Bloomberg

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

Launch of new confinement at Chornobyl NPP postponed until May 2018

The launch of a New Safe Confinement (NSC) built over reactor four of Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) has been postponed from November 2017 until …
Interfax-Ukraine

Washington Post: Is Russia covering up a nuclear accident?

When an accident caused a reactor core meltdown at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania in the early-morning hours of March 28, 1979, the …
Washington Post

Newsweek: Chornobyl disaster exclusion zone transforming from nuclear radiation wasteland to green energy hotbed

One year after plans were announced to regenerate the Chornobyl disaster exclusion zone, a new project to fill the area with solar panels is expected …
Newsweek

Bloomberg: Chornobyl goes solar as first panels in nuclear zone near finish

The first solar project in the Chornobyl zone is expected to be commissioned next month, a step forward in the developers’ plan to invest 100 million …
Bloomberg

ZIK: Expert says Russia may scheme new Chornobil disaster in Ukraine

Russia may be preparing a new disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants by hacking into the work of NPPs and Enerhoatom nuclear power authority, says …
ZIK

Building of first solar plant near Chornobyl NPP to be completed by year end

Solar Chornobyl LLC continues construction and installation work on the construction of the first solar power plant with a capacity of 1 MW on the …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Police detain 3 stalker groups in Chornobyl exclusion zone

The police have detained three groups of stalkers, including two Russian citizens, in the exclusion zone surrounding the Chornobyl Nuclear Power …
UNIAN
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