Crops grown near Chernobyl are still contaminated, more than three decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost half the grain analyzed by scientists in Ivankiv, about 30 miles from the power plant, showed levels of strontium 90 far above recommended levels. It was also present at unsafe levels in firewood and wood ash … Read more
Humans could live on the planet Mars if a fungi which spawned inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is used to protect against radiation, scientists say. A layer of the fungus around 21 centimetres thick could ‘largely negate the annual dose-equivalent of the radiation environment on the surface of Mars’, researchers found. ‘What makes the fungus … Read more
The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards and Television Craft Awards 2020 have been announced. Explosive HBO show Chernobyl leads the nods with a staggering 14 nominations across the two awards, while The Crown and Fleabag have racked up a respectable seven and six nominations. Chernobyl is the explosive HBO show that has taken the … Read more
The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards and Television Craft Awards 2020 have been announced. Explosive HBO show Chernobyl leads the nods with a staggering 14 nominations across the two awards, while The Crown and Fleabag have racked up a respectable seven and six nominations. Chernobyl is the explosive HBO show that has taken the … Read more
Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko died of ‘fentanyl and valium overdose’… days after being ‘electrocuted’ at work By Jason Chester and Heidi Parker for MailOnline Published: 13:19 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 27 May 2020 Chernobyl Diaries star Dimitri Diatchenko’s official cause of death has been recorded as an accidental fentanyl and … Read more
A top White House official on Sunday likened China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet Union’s cover-up of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Beijing knew what was happening with the virus, which originated in Wuhan, from November but lied to the World … Read more
Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko is found dead inside his Florida residence at age 52 after his family asks for a wellness check The actor had not been heard from for several so his family called police Officers went to his home in Daytona Beach, Florida where they found him dead The family believes Dimitri died … Read more
Raging forest fire surrounding Chernobyl nuclear power plant which unlocked radiation was started ‘for fun’, say police as 27-year-old man is arrested for causing the blaze Roaring blaze engulfed 250 acres around plant causing radiation levels to surge Man, 27, arrested for deliberately causing the fire and could face 5 years in jail Some radiation … Read more