The broad-shouldered Ukrainian scientist is smiling wistfully as we stand on the now dry ground of what was Chernobyl nuclear power plant's cooling pond. "I was only 25 when I started my work here ...

The main cause of this flooding is Chernobyl's brimming cooling pond, which artificially elevates groundwater levels in the area. Alexander Antropov, a Chernobyl veteran with ice-blue eyes and a ...

This publication provides technical and scientific information regarding the radiation monitoring, radio-ecological research and management of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant cooling pond. It ...

1. The animals of Chernobyl survived against all odds. A faulty design and improperly trained workers are two of the precipitating factors that led to an explosion in Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl ...

Spent nuclear fuel from Chernobyl’s former reactors is stored in a large cooling pond that is constantly replenished with fresh, cold water to keep its temperature down. Without an electricity ...

But it failed to close again — and cooling water escaped the reactor ... reactor core was released into the atmosphere. Two Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident, and ...

Now, however, Chernobyl’s radioactive cloud “has ... where famous locations (the plant's cooling pond, the derelict Ferris wheel) serve as cinematic backdrops for an otherwise formulaic ...

What happened at Chernobyl? Staff at the plant were running tests to find out how well they could cope with a temporary shutdown of the reactor’s cooling system. The test went wrong and there ...

The nearly three years of fighting have seen repeated power cuts to the critical cooling system at Chernobyl, as well as at Ukraine’s four active nuclear plants, causing fears that spent nuclear ...

The broad-shouldered Ukrainian scientist is smiling wistfully as we stand on the now dry ground of what was Chernobyl nuclear power plant's cooling pond. "I was only 25 when I started my work here ...