Chernobyl helicopter hero who survived lethal radiation levels while sealing off reactor dies

The Russian helicopter pilot who endured lethal radiation levels to contain the Chernobyl disaster has died after contracting coronavirus. General Nikolai Antoshkin, who was 78, died in his home country last Sunday.  He commanded an operation to seal off the number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl power station just outside the town Pripyat in Ukraine, … Read more

Crops growing 30 miles outside of Chernobyl are contaminated with dangerous levels of strontium

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

Chernobyl hooked more viewers from start to finish than any other show

Award-winning Sky hit Chernobyl becomes show most likely to hook viewers from start to finish By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 10:02 GMT, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 10:07 GMT, 27 October 2020 Chernobyl was found to be the show most likely to hook viewers from start to finish, according to new research released on … Read more

Could Chernobyl be key to conquering Mars? Fungus found in Ukrainian nuclear plant can EAT radiation

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

BAFTA Television Awards 2020 nominations: Chernobyl sweeps the board with 14 nods

BAFTA Television Awards 2020 nominations: Chernobyl sweeps the board with 14 nods while The Crown scores 7 as TV’s biggest shows prepare to battle it out at a socially-distanced ceremony Chernobyl leads the nods with a staggering 14 nominations, while The Crown and Fleabag have racked up a respectable seven and six nominations These awards … Read more

Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko died of ‘fentanyl and valium overdose’

Chernobyl Diaries actor Dimitri Diatchenko died of ‘fentanyl and valium overdose’ according to medical examiner… days after being ‘electrocuted’ at work By Jason Chester and Heidi Parker for MailOnline Published: 13:19 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 13:20 BST, 27 May 2020 Chernobyl Diaries star Dimitri Diatchenko’s cause of death has been determined as an … Read more

Trump’s adviser compares China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic to Chernobyl ‘cover-up’

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

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

Apocalyptic scenes in Chernobyl as drone footage reveals devastation

Apocalyptic scenes in Chernobyl as drone footage reveals devastation caused within the exclusion zone by forest fires Firefighters fought back the flames for almost two weeks and stopped it reaching the nuclear reactor site  While potential disaster was averted, the devastation wreaked by the fire has been laid bare by aerial footage A large part … Read more