Chernobyl
27 years on since Chernobyl disaster
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27 years passed since the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Ukraine. In Chisinau, the victims of the tragedy were commemorated by a march, and flowers were laid at the Memorial Complex Heroes of Chernobyl. The event did not pass without incident. Both blast...
2,500 Moldovans disabled as a result of Chernobyl blast
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Exactly 26 years ago the number 4 reactor of Chernobyl plant of Ukraine exploded. The nuclear accident is considered as the worst in history, being 14 times stronger than the explosion from Fukushima of last year. Roughly seven million people suffered...
Chernobyl anniversary: Medvedev seeks nuclear rules
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for new international rules covering safety at nuclear plants. Such rules would permit the "necessary" development of nuclear energy, he said. Mr Medvedev was making an unprecedented visit to Chernobyl...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster: Ukraine marks anniversary
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Ukraine is marking the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident - at the Chernobyl power plant. An explosion at one of the plant's reactors sent a plume of radiation across Europe and killed at least 30 people in its immediate aftermath...
Chernobyl new radiation shield funding fall short
An international conference called to raise funds for new safety measures at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster has fallen 25% short of its goal. The Ukrainian government said it had raised 550m euros of the 740m euros ($1bn; £600m) it needed...
Japan raises severity of Fukushima accident to highest level
Japan has raised its evaluation of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to the highest level on the international nuclear accident scale -- level seven. The upgrade makes Fukushima only the second nuclear accident ever to rank at level seven. The...
Chernobyl: A nuclear accident with no end?
As nuclear workers in Japan struggle to contain radiation from the Fukushima reactor, world attention is turning back to Chernobyl, Ukraine. There, people prepare to mark the 25th anniversary of the explosion that blew the roof off Reactor Number 4. ...
Campaign to raise funds for Chernobyl catastrophe victims
The Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child in concert with the Chernobyl Association of Moldova on June 30 launched a campaign to raise funds for completing the construction of the sculptural-commemorative complex dedicated to the victims of...
Moldovan state to increase assistance to Chernobyl victims
Moldova citizens who have fallen victims to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster shall be supplied with special food products and food supplements removing radio-nuclides from the human organism, Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child Galina Balmos...
A commemorative plaque in the honour of victims from Chernobyl to be inaugurated in Criuleni
The authorities of Chisinau town intends to inaugurate in the locality a commemorative plaque in the memory of the victims of the accident from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, DECA-press informs. The names of citizens who died as a result of the liquidation...
