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Chernobyl Children to Arrive in Israel

JERUSALEM -- Early Thursday, a plane carrying 25 children from the Chernobyl area will touch down in Israel, where the children will begin their new lives. The airlift comes the same week as the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear disaster in modern history. The children, between the age of 6 and...

25 Years After Chernobyl, Russia Calls for Stricter Nuke Safety Rules

KIEV, Ukraine -- Russia's president argued Tuesday that tough international guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown , defending nuclear energy during solemn ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history. Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President...

Chernobyl Widows Mourn as Bell Tolls 25 Times

KIEV, Ukraine -- Black-clad Orthodox priests sang solemn hymns, Ukrainians lit thin wax candles and a bell tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster as the world began marking the anniversary Tuesday of the worst nuclear accident in history. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill led...

Japan Declares Nuclear Crisis at Level of Chernobyl

TOKYO - Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the air, tap water, vegetables and seawater. Japanese nuclear regulators said they raised the rating from 5 to 7 - the highest level...

WikiLeaks: US Worried About Safety of Romanian Nuclear Plant

ATHENS, Greece -- As Japan struggles with the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables have focused a spotlight on another potential hot spot: the Cernavoda plant in Romania. Documents provided to Romanian media this week by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks indicate that U.S....

Background on chernobyl

The Chernobyl disaster (locally , Chornobylska Katastrofa – Chornobyl Catastrophe) was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian SSR), which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities of the Soviet Union.

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