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Chernobyl disaster

An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, showing damage from an explosion and fire in reactor four on April 26, 1986, that sent large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. (AP/Volodymyr Repik, File)
April 26, 2026, 11:13 am
Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation over Chernobyl nuclear disaster
East German secret police knew of 1986 disaster’s devastation, tried to send potentially contaminated produce to West Germany, documents show, as Gorbachev recommended misleading public
By Lauren Cassidy
A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack, Ukraine, February 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
December 6, 2025, 10:23 am
Chernobyl’s protective shield, damaged in strike, no longer performs main safety functions
Radiation levels normal at nuclear disaster site, but UN nuclear watchdog urges ‘comprehensive restoration’; Ukraine blames Russia for February blast at plant, Moscow denies it
By Reuters
Eco Wave Power's grid-connected demonstration unit in Jaffa, central Israel. (Ilan Spira)
December 9, 2024, 10:12 pm
Israeli wave energy project draws interest from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and even Iran
Eco Wave Power officially launches grid-connected demonstration model in Jaffa, plans two more for Los Angeles and Taiwan, commercial scale roll-out in Portugal
By Sue Surkes
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi talks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
April 27, 2022, 6:23 pm
IAEA chief raises alarm over nuclear safety at Russian-controlled plant in Ukraine
Rafael Grossi says UN agency also working to clarify Tehran’s response to findings of traces of enriched uranium at three sites across Iran
By david keyton and Cara Anna
A man walks past a shelter covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, April 15, 2021. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
March 14, 2022, 2:45 pm
Power knocked out at Chernobyl nuclear disaster site hours after it was restored
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces damaged supply lines needed to prevent radiation leaks; state power company to attempt another repair
By Agencies
The giant protective dome built over the sarcophagus covering the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, April 13, 2021. (Sergei Supinsky/ AFP/ File)
March 12, 2022, 8:57 am
Ukraine: Putin has told his troops to create a ‘man-made catastrophe’ at Chernobyl
Ukrainian intel says false-flag operation to be carried out by Russian operatives and Belarusian specialists sent to facility after communications cut
By ToI Staff and AP
An operator's armchair covered with plastic sits in an empty control room of the 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
March 9, 2022, 3:01 pm
Ukraine says power completely cut to Chernobyl; IAEA downplays safety concerns
Energy operator says nuclear power plant ‘fully disconnected from grid,’ and military activity means ‘no possibility to restore the lines’; reserve generators have 48-hour capacity
By AFP and ToI Staff
An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, is seen in April 1986, made two to three days after the explosion in Chernobyl, Ukraine. In front of the chimney is the destroyed 4th reactor. (AP Photo)
March 9, 2022, 9:49 am
Radiation expert: Ukraine war could pose greater nuclear threat than Chernobyl
Radiation countermeasures expert Dr. Alla Shapiro, a Chernobyl first responder, says war conditions make it harder to save lives in event of attack on nuclear power plant
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An operator's armchair covered with plastic sits in an empty control room of the 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
March 9, 2022, 7:19 am
Nuclear monitor loses contact with Chernobyl radiation sensors, raising alarm
IAEA urges Russian troops holding staff hostage for 13 days to rotate in other workers, saying rest is crucial to site safety; Grossi offers to travel to Ukraine
By AFP
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at a press conference after the IAEA Board of Governors meeting on the Situation in Ukraine at the Agency's headquarters in the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, on March 2, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)
March 3, 2022, 3:54 pm
IAEA urges Russia to ‘cease actions’ at forcibly seized Ukraine nuclear sites
UN nuclear watchdog passes resolution deploring Moscow’s activity in Ukraine and ‘other violent actions,’ including taking control of Chernobyl
By AFP
The giant protective dome built over the sarcophagus covering the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, April 13, 2021. (Sergei Supinsky/ AFP/ File)
February 25, 2022, 12:11 pm
Chernobyl radiation rise detected as Russia military kicks up dust, says nuke agency
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate says higher than usual gamma radiation levels caused by heavy military equipment disturbing topsoil at decommissioned nuclear plant
By Agencies
Alexander Kalantyrsky, a construction engineer who helped build the concrete base of the Chernobyl sarcophagus in 1986, at his home in Bat Yam alongside former MK Ksenia Svetlova, June 26, 2019 (ToI staff)
January 20, 2022, 3:22 pm
Alexander Kalantyrsky, leader in Israel of ‘liquidators’ who battled Chernobyl, dies
Construction engineer volunteered to help build the sarcophagus over the exploded nuclear reactor in 1986, immigrated six years later and led campaign for promised state assistance
By David Horovitz
A radiation sign outside the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, February 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 26, 2021, 3:11 pm
Bucking fears, Israeli Chernobyl survivors have normal hospitalization rates
They’re more likely to get checked for abnormal growths, but those exposed to Chernobyl aftermath generally use hospitals no more than the rest of the immigrant population from FSU
By Nathan Jeffay
Dr. Alla Shapiro, April 2021 (Olga Shapiro)
April 26, 2021, 11:41 am
On 35th Chernobyl anniversary, 1st responder reflects on the day after disaster
Alla Shapiro’s new memoir, ‘Doctor on Call,’ traces her journey from the wake of nuclear chaos in Ukraine to a career in the US developing radiation countermeasures for FDA
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A picture shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on July 10, 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on July 10 formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP)
July 11, 2019, 4:20 am
Ukraine inaugurates giant dome over destroyed Chernobyl reactor
World’s largest movable metal structure, costing $1.7 billion, seals remains of fourth reactor at nuclear plant that was the site of massive 1986 disaster
By AFP
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