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The Chernobyl facility was the scene of heavy fighting on Thursday (Feb. 24)

Chernobyl radiation levels increase 20-fold after heavy fighting around the facility

By Ben Turner published

Experts believe the plant’s workers are possibly being held hostage.

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Chernobyl's liquidators didn’t pass on radiation damage to their children

By Stephanie Pappas published

Exposure to Chernobyl radiation increased the risk of thyroid cancer by breaking DNA strands, but the effects didn't carry to the next generation.

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Former Chernobyl Neighbors Diagnosed with Rare Cancer Years Later, in NYC

By Sara G. Miller published

WASHINGTON — When 10 people in New York City were diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer during a four-year period, doctors were puzzled.

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Giant Steel Arch Will Cover Debris from Chernobyl Reactor

By Denise Chow published

A massive 32,000-ton, stainless steel arch — so large it could conceal the Statue of Liberty — is being constructed to cover what's left of a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl that exploded in 1986.

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Images: Chernobyl, Frozen in Time

By Live Science Staff published

The world has moved on since the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, but at the heavily contaminated site, things haven't changed very much.

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Chernobyl Trees Barely Decomposed, Study Finds

By Marc Lallanilla published

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First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat

By Jeremy Hsu published

The U.S. has approved its first new reactors in more than three decades since it suffered a partial meltdown at Three Mile Island.

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