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“Living with a clear conscience”: Boris Paton and his work at the Chernobyl NPP

On August 19, 2020, at the age of 101, Boris Evgenievich Paton passed away. For history, he will forever remain the Hero of

Nuclear and Radiation Waste: Prospects and Futility

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant led to the largest ever release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere. Since then, solving

A brief history of the Chernobyl NPP: from an industrial giant to a sarcophagus

Rigorous protection, a long corridor, a gloomy concrete building where the dramatic events of a failed experiment unfolded. The Chernobyl disaster happened here.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The UNESCO World Heritage List is updated regularly. Recently, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has appeared among the virtual queue of this document. The

Chernobyl: life on the ashes

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred on the night of April 26, 1986. After the explosion, the fire in the

Chernobyl: a moment before the disaster

The night of the 25 to 26 April 1986. The drag of dreams and anticipation of the long-awaited weekend surrounds the city of

The fate of the Chernobyl liquidators

More than 200 people, residents of Lozovaya, the Kharkiv region, liquidated the consequences of the accident at the ChNPP. Lozovaya residents have already

Chernobyl and the KGB: “archival documents revived”

The construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant started in May 1970. A city department of the KGB for Kiev and the Kiev

We went to the Chernobyl NPP not to portray suffering, but to carry out the tasks of the state

34 years since the explosion at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is a long time. It may seem

Destroyed space: did an accident or a disaster occur at the ChNPP?

An analysis of the situation in which people live in areas contaminated with radiation does not cause optimism. Scientists assure that the system