Deseret News archives: Has Ukraine ever recovered from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?

Residents of the region continue to battle health and environmental issues from the April 26, 1986, disaster as conflict ...

On This Day: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in Ukraine

On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in ...
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Pope remembers Chernobyl disaster, calls for responsible use of atomic energy

Leo said the Chernobyl disaster “serves as a warning regarding the inherent risks of using increasingly powerful technologies ...
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Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit

Across Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance — graze in a radioactive landscape larger ...

PHOTO ESSAY: Chernobyl liquidators return to where they faced an invisible enemy

Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, soldiers, firefighters, engineers, ...

“We are just at the beginning of the story of Chernobyl”

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...

PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...
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Ukraine races to repair war-damaged Chernobyl containment

As Ukraine marks 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, officials are grappling with damage to the New Safe Confinement caused by a 2025 Russian drone strike. The hit punctured the protective arch ...