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In this file photo taken on May 19, 2018, workers fix mooring line of the floating power unit (FPU) Akademik Lomonosov as it is towed to Atomflot moorage of the Russian northern port city of Murmansk.(Alexander NEMENOV/AFP)
August 24, 2019, 6:07 pm
‘Chernobyl on ice’? Defiant Russia launches floating nuclear reactor in Arctics
Environmental groups warn of dangers of unprecedented project, dubbing it a potential ‘nuclear Titanic’; explosion at test site raises further concerns
By Andrea PALASCIANO
A still from the new HBO miniseries, 'Chernobyl.' (Liam Daniel/HBO)
June 28, 2019, 3:55 am
Why HBO’s miniseries ‘Chernobyl’ should be required watching
While surprising that the historical drama comes from the same guy who made the ‘Hangover’ sequels, it contains chilling facts, rich characterization, and a dire warning for today
By Jordan Hoffman
(Above and at article top:) The military wing of the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad terror group releases a video threatening rocket attacks on the nuclear reactor in Dimona and other sensitive sites in Israel, May 4, 2019. (Screen grab)
June 24, 2019, 4:01 pm
Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor isn’t Chernobyl, but does have vulnerabilities
A disaster at Israel’s reactor would be far less catastrophic than the 1986 meltdown, but the core is being kept in service far longer than intended, and experts warn that’s risky
By Judah Ari Gross
Lev Klotz, who was sent to Chernobyl as an 18-year-old Soviet army conscript, recalls the events of 33 years ago in a Channel 12 interview, June 13, 2019 (Channel 12 screenshot)
June 14, 2019, 3:49 am
‘They had no Plan A, no Plan B’ at Chernobyl, says ‘liquidator,’ now in Israel
Lev Klotz was an 18-year-old Soviet army conscript when his unit was dispatched six days after the reactor explosion. Four years later, he lost all his teeth and went bald
By TOI staff
Chernobyl liquidators visiting the Knesset in Jerusalem. (Ksenia Svetlova)
June 13, 2019, 4:57 pm
1,500 Chernobyl ‘liquidators’ live in Israel. They are appallingly mistreated
A 2001 law promised housing, medical care to this group of heroes, but scandalously has never been implemented. Maybe interest sparked by the remarkable TV series will change that
By Ksenia Svetlova
A woman cries at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 26, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Anatolii Stepanov)
April 26, 2016, 7:57 pm
Etched in their mind: Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl
World’s worst nuclear accident killed thousands and spewed radiation across Europe, forcing a global rethink of atomic fuel
By DMYTRO VLASOV
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