Chornobyl

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  Scoop of the day: Land bill signed into law, virus alert in nuclear plant town
  Land reform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the bill on farmland market into law. It provides for the gradual lifting of the long-standing moratorium on farmland… 28 April, 23:58
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  New smouldering sites in Chornobyl zone due to gales
  Gale-force winds in the Chornobyl exclusion zone caused smouldering to resume in three places in the second half of 16 April, the State Emergencies Service has said. According to rescuers… 16 April, 19:02
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  Fire in Chornobyl zone extinguished, smouldering to be tamed in days
  The State Emergencies Service needs several more days to liquidate smoldering in the Chornobyl exclusion zone after the fire has been extinguished there, its head Mykola Chechotkin… 14 April, 17:16
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  President says keeping eye on Chornobyl wildfires
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he has been keeping an eye on wildfires raging in the Chornobyl exclusion zone since 4 April. He thanked firefighters for courage… 13 April, 23:25
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  Fire reportedly getting close to Chornobyl NPP unit 5
  The fire in the Chornobyl exclusion zone has spread to the territory near the new confinement over the ruined generating unit No 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, a member of… 13 April, 22:48
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  Firefighters battling Chornobyl wildfires for seven days
  Firefighters have been battling forest fires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone for the seventh day now. The fire started in Ivankiv District, Kyiv Region. According to the police, a… 10 April, 17:37
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  Scoop of the weekend: coronavirus toll grows
  Coronavirus Ukraine has reported a total of 1,308 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 37 lethal cases, by 10 p.m. on 5 April. Twenty-eight have recovered. A man with coronavirus… 05 April, 23:24
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  New confinement commissioned at Chornobyl NPP
  A new safe confinement worth 1.5bn euros built over generating unit No 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) has been put into operation and handed over to Ukraine. It is expected… 10 July 2019, 16:01
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  Budget-paid workers evacuated from Chornobyl zone over fire
  Employees of state-owned companies in the area of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant were evacuated at noon because of the forest fire there. LB.ua has learnt this from Ruslan Duel… 05 June 2018, 21:03
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  Forest fire breaks out in Chornobyl zone
  A forest fire broke out in the Chornobyl exclusion zone on the morning of 5 June. After dry grass caught fire, it spread to a wooded area of around 10 hectares, the press service of… 05 June 2018, 20:54
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  Researchers take stock of Przewalski's horses in Chornobyl zone
  Scientists have suggested the population of Przewalski's horses in the Chornobyl alienation zone may have reached around 110 as of early 2018, the press service of the State Agency… 22 May 2018, 14:05
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  Around 200 Chornobyl stray puppies to be taken to USA
  Around 200 stray puppies from the area around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant will be taken to the USA, the press service of the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management has said… 14 May 2018, 12:09
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  Fire in Chornobyl zone extinguished
  A fire broke out in the Lubyanka forest sector, part of the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, at around 12.35 Kyiv time on 29 June as a result of railway laying… 01 July 2017, 14:31
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  Fire area in Chornobyl zone decreased threefold
  The area of the fire in the Chernobyl zone as of 11:00 on Friday is about 8 hectares, having decreased threefold overnight, the State Service for Emergencies said in a release on Friday… 30 June 2017, 12:48
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  Poroshenko: new Chornobyl confinement to be commissioned in November
  President Petro Poroshenko says the new confinement over the destroyed fourth power unit of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant will be put into operation in November. "On November… 26 April 2017, 12:57