Chornobyl nuclear disaster
The Guardian view on the history of feelings: a serious subject
Editorial: Books and documentaries can not only tell us what happened in the Soviet Union and why – but why it matters
Mikhail Gorbachev’s commitment to the environment was ahead of its time
After stepping down as Soviet leader he devoted himself to ‘the most urgent task facing humanity today’
Toxins in soil, blasted forests – Ukraine counts cost of Putin’s ‘ecocide’
Environmentalists are counting the cost of Russian military’s devastation and hope to force Moscow into making reparations
Book of the day
Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh review – in search of meaning in Chornobyl’s forbidden wastelandA Ukrainian writer reflects on the joys and costs of a life dedicated to illegally exploring the nuclear site
Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can’t be nuclear
‘They were hooligans’: Chernobyl locals reeling after Russian invasion
UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site
Zelenskiy calls on Japan to impose trade embargo on Russian goods
Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine
‘By 10, I knew all about the impact of a nuclear blast’: growing up in the shadow of the bomb
Chernobyl power supply cut but IAEA says no imminent safety threat
Video appears to show military vehicles at Chernobyl – video
The Guardian picture essay
Chernobyl for refuge, from war to radiation – photo essay
From the Guardian archive
Radiation high over Europe after Chernobyl disaster – archive, 19863 May 1986: Mainland Europe experiences higher than normal radiation, with Poland, East Germany and Sweden bearing the brunt of contamination
From the agencies
Out of a heap of broken images, Chernobyl seeks World Heritage statusChildren of Chernobyl parents have no higher number of DNA mutations
Biodiversity: what happened next?
Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zoneScientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea
Chernobyl hooked UK viewers more than any other drama, finds research
Series about reactor explosion kept more of its audience to the final episode than any other
'Unflinching humanity' – how photographer Paul Fusco united an America in pain
From Aids patients in San Francisco to his magnificent shots of grief-stricken Americans taken from Robert Kennedy’s funeral train, the Magnum photographer captured a spirit that now seems gone for ever
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