Eerie photos capture BI's journey into the ghost town near Chernobyl. 50,000 people lived here before nuclear disaster struck.
Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...
Risks posed by hole in protective shell over Chernobyl
On February 14, a Russian drone hit the structure, which is called the New Safe Confinement, or NSC, because it is meant to ...
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Parts of the Marshall Islands are now more radioactive than Chernobyl because of US nuclear tests
Though Chernobyl is still home to a 1,000-square-mile restricted zone, the site's abandoned schoolyards, amusement park, and classrooms are now open to visitors 18 or older. "You will probably get ...
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Lessons from Chernobyl
Memories of radiation in Europe after the 1986 accident provide a stark lesson for those supporting nuclear power in Australia ...
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Visitors at Chernobyl can now tour the control room, where radiation levels could be 40,000 times higher than normal
That restricted land, known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, now extends 1,000 square miles. It's illegal to live there (though a few families have defied the law by moving back), and off-limits ...
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'Russian' drone smashes hole in Chernobyl protective shield and starts fire
Chernobyl was famously the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, with radioactive fallout spewing over a large part of Europe. Its reactors are now encased in a huge protective ...