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Chornobyl

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[chawr-noh-buhl, chohr-noh-bil] / tʃɔrˈnoʊ bəl, tʃoʊrˈnoʊ bɪl /
  1. a city in northern Ukraine, 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Kyiv: nuclear-plant accident 1986.


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The biggest threat to Chornobyl, though, came from the skies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The Chornobyl plant was fully shut down in 2000, but it remains a danger because of the 200 metric tons of highly radioactive material under the original concrete shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The Russian strike on Chornobyl "partially destroyed" a spent nuclear fuel storage building, according to Ukraine's state-owned nuclear operator, Enerhoatom.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

The researchers were surprised to find that, using several different analyses, they could not detect a signature of radiation damage on the genomes of the worms from Chornobyl.

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

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