Chornobyl

American

[chawr-noh-buhl, chohr-noh-bil] / tʃɔrˈnoʊ bəl, tʃoʊrˈnoʊ bɪl /

a city in northern Ukraine, 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Kyiv: nuclear-plant accident 1986.

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Evgeniy is a technical producer on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, an upcoming video game developed by Kyiv-based developer GSC Game World.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

After the conflict broke out, the game's subtitle was altered to Heart of Chornobyl, to reflect the Ukrainian spelling of the name.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Their findings suggest that worms from Chornobyl are not necessarily more tolerant of radiation and the radioactive landscape has not forced them to evolve.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

One relative bright spot is Chornobyl, where Ukrainian scientists are restoring labs damaged early in the war.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

"Thirty-seven years ago, the Chornobyl NPP accident left a huge scar on the whole world," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023

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