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Ukraine said in February a Russian drone had struck the protective shelter housing the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. A fire at the site was ...

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A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...

“The World’s First ‘Reactor’ Disaster” dives into the unprecedented challenges faced during the world’s first nuclear reactor accident. A nuclear engineer breaks down the technical, environmental, and ...

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Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Radiation levels have not ...

The Trump administration has let Southwest Airlines off the hook for paying the remainder of a fine for the airline’s 2022 holiday travel meltdown – a service disruption that left more than 2 million ...

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal credentials, crypto wallets, and ...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles was furious after Thursday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Despite having a 28-14 lead in the fourth quarter, Tampa Bay managed to lose to Atlanta on a ...