The Stewards of Chernobyl Are Passing Mutations Down to Their Children

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...
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From catastrophe to sustainable development. 39th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but ...
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Program on reviving Belarusian Chernobyl-hit areas to allow people to live in comfort

BRAGIN DISTRICT, 6 July (BelTA) – A new program on reviving Chernobyl-affected territories is designed to enable comfortable conditions for people to live there. First Deputy Head of the Belarus ...
The New York Times

40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt. A Ukrainian soldier taking ...
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Rare footage of "critically endangered" horses in Chernobyl exclusion zone

Amid the remnants of Chernobyl’s ghost villages, a small herd of stocky horses emerged from the woods—an unexpected encounter that left a nonprofit stunned to see “critically endangered” species ...
The Conversation

Chernobyl’s frogs are living long, healthy lives

Almost 40 years ago, reactor number four exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then, the surrounding area has become, to the surprise of many, one of Europe’s largest nature reserves.