Chornobyl nuclear disaster
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Editorial: Books and documentaries can not only tell us what happened in the Soviet Union and why – but why it matters
Editorial
05, Feb, 2023 @6:25 PM
Mikhail Gorbachev’s commitment to the environment was ahead of its time
After stepping down as Soviet leader he devoted himself to ‘the most urgent task facing humanity today’
Amelia Gentleman
04, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM
Toxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’
Environmentalists are counting the cost of Russian military’s devastation and hope to force Moscow into making reparations
Emma Graham-Harrison in Chernihiv
27, Aug, 2022 @8:28 PM
Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh review – in search of meaning in Chornobyl’s forbidden wasteland
A Ukrainian writer reflects on the joys and costs of a life dedicated to illegally exploring the nuclear site
Sam Jordison
09, Jul, 2022 @6:30 AM
Bob Bunce obituary
Landscape ecologist who developed the Countryside Survey to monitor changes to Britain’s natural environment
David Howard
31, May, 2022 @3:17 PM
‘They were hooligans’: Chernobyl locals reeling after Russian invasion
As troops leave exclusion zone and surrounding villages, Ukraine’s nuclear agency faces huge clean-up task
Luke Harding in Dytiatky
13, Apr, 2022 @3:59 PM
UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site
Russians leaving Chernobyl have taken Ukraine soldiers with them, say officials
Jon Henley
01, Apr, 2022 @11:49 AM
Zelenskiy calls on Japan to impose trade embargo on Russian goods
The Ukrainian president thanked Japan for ‘leading the way’ in virtual address to MPs
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
23, Mar, 2022 @4:27 PM
Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities say Russian control of plant is hampering efforts to control the blazes
Oliver Milman
22, Mar, 2022 @5:05 PM
‘By 10, I knew all about the impact of a nuclear blast’: growing up in the shadow of the bomb
From CND marches, to books, films and music, fear of the bomb was everywhere in the 1980s. Now, for many, the war in Ukraine has brought back that sense of dread
Zoe Williams
16, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM
Children of Chernobyl parents have no higher number of DNA mutations
Study was one of the first to evaluate alterations in human mutation rates in response to manmade disaster
Linda Geddes
23, Apr, 2021 @3:56 PM
Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone
Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea
Phoebe Weston
23, Dec, 2020 @7:30 AM
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