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Chernobyl is a five-episode miniseries focusing on the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident in the Soviet Union. A co-production of the American HBO and British Sky television networks, the series premiered on HBO on 6 May 2019 and on Sky Atlantic on 7 May 2019. It presents the technical details and human stories of the disaster through a dramatic narrative.PlotThe series centers on nuclear physicist Valery Legasov’s investigation into the causes of the accident and the government’s effor

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Drone Strike refers to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strike on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located approximately 110 kilometers north of Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. Confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Ukrainian officials, the strike resulted in an explosion and fire on the roof of the New Safe Confinement (NSC), which protects Reactor No. 4, the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.BackgroundThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, is a major nuclear disaster triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan’s Tōhoku region on 11 March 2011 and the subsequent tsunami that damaged the plant, leading to a series of technical failures and radioactive leaks. It has been classified as level 7, the highest on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power PlantThe plant is located on Japan’s eastern coast and is operat