Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Soviet Ukraine suffered a critical failure on April 26, 1986. On the night of the incident, at 1.23am local time, Reactor Four of the Soviet power plant ...
A decision was made in June 1986 to carry out a safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, with reactor four being the focus. Despite warning signs and previously failed safety tests, it went ...
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Mold Is Feasting on Radiation in Chernobyl’s Abandoned Nuclear Plants
Learn more about this mold’s ability to withstand high levels of radiation and how it could prove useful to astronauts ...
Strange things are happening amid the fallout of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Black fungus found flourishing amid the debris in the ruined plant itself may be “eating” radiation. Frogs are ...
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