Doomed Chernobyl reactor to be buried in giant steel coffin

Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant.

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Chernobyl Area Becomes Wildlife Haven

Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching. Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her cornfield. And she says fox, rabbits and snakes infest the meadows near her tumbledown cottage.

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Chernobyl-based birds avoid radioactive nests

.The nest boxes were all in the Red Forest, a few kilometres from Chernobyl’s reactor 4 which exploded in 1986 (black dots, bottom left) (Image: Proc. Roy. Soc. B)

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Many Fear Russia Slipping Into Secrecy

For the Soviet Union, Chernobyl was a catalyst that forced the government into an unprecedented show of openness that paved the way for reforms leading to the Soviet collapse.

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Fascinating-- and the article is accompanied by some wonderful photos as well

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The United States has quitely signed a massive nuclear deal with Iran's neighbor, the United Arab Emirates. Not only is estimated that Westinghouse and General Electric will receive the contracts, thousands of American jobs will be created.

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Elena Filatova - How the Need for Speed Takes Her Into the Dead Zones of Chernobyl - CONCLUSION

(This is the story of Elena Filatova, Russia's 'Kid of Speed'. If you missed Part One, it is HERE.) 'The roads are blocked for cars, but not for motorcycles. Good girls go to heaven. Bad ones go to hell. And girls on fast bikes go anywhere they want.'

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Elena Filatova - How the Need for Speed Takes Her Into the Dead Zones of Chernobyl - Part 1 of 2

Elena Filatova, known in Russia by her popular nickname, 'The Kid of Speed,' is one of the most interesting people this writer has ever met. Next year, Adventure Books of Seattle is going to tell her amazing story in more detail. For now, this article will have to do.

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There are several types of mushrooms in Finland these days which are still affected by the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown incident. These mushrooms are still radioactive even 23 years since the Ukrainian power plant incident.

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Maxim, our tour guide, is not having a good day. "Your bag, your bag!" he shouts across the car park. One of my fellow tourists has left a rucksack on the ground.

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All empires have come to an end sooner or later, usually as the result of long decay culminating in military defeat.

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Researchers are studying how and why plants are surviving and even flourishing in the area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant disaster.

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The long-term and hidden costs of radioactive contamination have never been adequately reported by mainstream news. According to the authors (including the distinguished Dr.

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TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, on 26 April 1986, reactor No 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, blew apart, spewing radioactive dust and debris far and wide.

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Obviously, McCain has not taken the Chernobyl tour...

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The true costs of nuclear power are revealed in a plan to entomb the Chernobyl nuclear reactor site, location of the largest nuclear accident in history, in a temporary containment shelter which is expected to last only one century...

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In the wan light of a snowy spring morning, belongings scattered on the floor of an abandoned kindergarten speak of a time before the children of Pripyat lost their innocence. Musty sandals and ballet slippers for tiny feet.

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(CBS) Twenty-two years after the world's worst nuclear accident, radiation danger at Chernobyl is still so severe that a 16-mile area remains sealed - reached only through two checkpoints. CBS News correspondent Bill Plante was allowed inside with a camera crew.

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The FINANCIAL -- The Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency plans to withdraw nuclear fuel from all reactors of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant by April 26, in line with the program of stopping the operation of the NPP.

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Fungi could eat dangerous radiation to survive, an unexpected finding that could one day help feed astronauts in space — at least those willing to eat a crawling fungus.

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MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti) - Atomstroyexport, a Russian nuclear power plant construction company, has begun work to extend the service life of the Chernobyl protective shelter, the company said in a press-release on Tuesday.

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Years of unchecked pollution in France's Rhone River have taken their toll with the recent discovery of PCB levels at 10-12 times the safe limit in the river's fish.

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Persons exposed to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident as children and adolescents have an increased risk of follicular adenoma or benign tumor of the thyroid gland, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

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In time-honoured building fashion, initial estimates for replacing the sarcophagus at Reactor Number 4 have ballooned. And you are paying for it February 15, 2008 4:15 PM

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FOR a small band of children from a forgotten part of the former Soviet Union, East Yorkshire has become a second home. Christmas will be tinged with sadness as an extraordinary effort by a mother and daughter team which has allowed the young people from Belarus precious weeks o …

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A nonprofit organization in Nagoya has begun a soil reclamation project using rape blossoms for reviving Narodichi, in the Narodytsky district of Ukraine, which was contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.

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The United Nations recently praised the IAEA for the work that the Agency is doing on behalf of the countries affected by the Chernobyl accident.

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The UN has said the "emergency phase" is over in the areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine in 1986. A resolution has been adopted by the General Assembly in New York.

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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.N. General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on Tuesday on strengthening international cooperation and coordination of efforts to reduce the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster which occurred in 1986.

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