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Added on the 26/04/2016 20:46:05 - Copyright : France 24 EN
After 30 years how can the effects of the worlds largest nuclear disaster still linger?
On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl's Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union exploded. An army of 800,000 emergency workers had to decontaminate the affected area: earning the name of 'liquidators'.
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visits the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant weeks after Russian troops withdrew from the area. Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, fell into Russian hands on the first day of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, and suffered a power and communications outage. Russian soldiers withdrew from the plant at the end of March, Kyiv said. Since then, the situation has gradually returned to normal, according to daily reports from the IAEA based on information from the Ukrainian regulator. IMAGES
President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the Chernobyl exclusion zone and addresses Ukrainians to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. The exclusion zone is a 30-kilometre (20-mile) radius around the nuclear power plant that was evacuated in the aftermath of an explosion and was deemed unsafe for humans to live for thousands of years. IMAGES
Robert Pattinson praises his former female co-stars as "power houses", including former girlfriend Kristen Stewart.
An autonomous 'nuclear battery' displayed at the 2017 Atomexpo exhibition in Moscow on Tuesday can provide power for a period of around 50 years. Developed by the Lutch Research Institute which is affiliated with Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, the battery may revolutionize the stored energy market and even the very concept of batteries. The Rosatom nuclear battery, whic is based on the isotope of nickel-63, is set to undergo several years of testing.
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