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Historical Incident Revisited In Retrospective Coverage

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Unusually high levels of radioactive radiation were measured in parts of Sweden, Finland, and Norway two days after an incident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Repairs are required for the sarcophagus covering damaged reactors to prevent radiation leaks. There are five nuclear power plants in Ukraine, two of which are currently inactive. Residents of the city, including thousands in nearby areas like Maria, are now sharing their experiences in exhibitions. The situation is described as being under control compared to the initial crisis. International broadcasters are marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Survivors and international observers are reflecting on the catastrophe's impact on human history. The event is being observed across various broadcasting regions including Ukraine and Austria.

Unusually high levels of radioactive radiation were measured in parts of Sweden, Finland, and Norway two days after an incident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Repairs are required for the sarcophagus covering damaged reactors to prevent radiation leaks. There are five nuclear power plants in Ukraine, two of which are currently inactive. Residents of the city, including thousands in nearby areas like Maria, are now sharing their experiences in exhibitions. The situation is described as being under control compared to the initial crisis. International broadcasters are marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Survivors and international observers are reflecting on the catastrophe's impact on human history. The event is being observed across various broadcasting regions including Ukraine and Austria. A Russian drone damaged the shelter of the Chernobyl 4th power unit on February 14 last year. Experts are evaluating the risk of a repeat catastrophe under current war conditions. Treat it as background context rather than a newly reported incident unless the source states a current new development. A video was released by Lenz-Selenski to commemorate a major civilian nuclear accident.

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NDR Info

“Zwei Tage nach dem Unglück, die Menschen schon ziemlich besorgt. In Teilen Schwedens, Finnlands und Norwegens ist eine ungewöhnlich hohe radioaktive Strahlung gemessen worden.”

NDR Info

“Eine radioaktive Wolke wurde über Skandinavien entdeckt. Die Herkunft der Wolke ist derzeit unbekannt, sie wurde jedoch in der Nähe von Hamburg entdeckt.”

LBC London

“Because of the explosion the area was heavily contaminated with the radioactive debris and it started from some of the debris were picked up actually about a few hundred meters away”

LBC London

“roof of the adjacent reactor number three and also also in net. contaminating the not only the air, the atmosphere, but also everything around where they fell down.”

LBC London

“the heaviest one, probably the most original, I would say, of all was on the roof of reactor number three, where we cleaned it up.”

NDR Info

“Und uns hat es entsetzt, weil wir wirklich Sorge hatten, dass der Radioaktive voll out und Schaden bringen wird.”

NTV Radyo

“Reaktörde büyük bir patlama meydana geldi. Iısı 2000 derecenin üzerine çıktı. Çevresindeki her şeyi eritti. Yangın tam dokuz gün sürdü.”

NTV Radyo

“derecenin üzerine çıktı. Çevresindeki her şeyi eritti. Yangın tam dokuz gün sürdü.”

NTV Radyo

“Reaktörde büyük bir patlama meydana geldi. Isısı 2000 derecenin üzerine çıktı. Çevresindeki her şeyi eritti. Yangın tam dokuz gün sürdü.”

SRF 4 News

“der Schweiz am 30. April erstmals, die Radioaktivität ist auch hierzulande angestiegen.”

Radio NV

“it can be a large or a small nuclear explosion. I repeat, the probability of this is very low, but it is not equal to zero.”

NDR Info

“They have decided, they must do something now. We must shut down the nuclear power plant here, we must disarm.”

SRF 4 News

“Stellen verweigern weiterhin wichtige Informationen über die Kernkraftwerkkatastrophe. Seit gestern wurden keine neuen Einzelheiten herausgegeben, was praktisch eine Nachrichtensperre gleich kommt.”

NDR Info

“Appears to be a fire in a cable conduit, somewhere at the transition zone between Reactor 3 and the destroyed Reactor 4. They are now supposed to lay fire hoses there.”

NDR Info

“Appears to be a fire in a cable conduit, somewhere at the transition zone between Reactor 3 and the destroyed Reactor 4.”

SRF 4 News

“maximalen Schutz vor der radioaktiven Bestrahlung müssen als freiwillige Maßnahmen verstanden werden. keine Schutzvorkehrungen nötig.”

NDR Info

“Wir haben einen Atomkraftwerk gefahren. Weil es so dunkel ist, kann Anatoli nur umrisär erkennen. Das Atomkraftwerk sieht von weitem aus wie eine Fabrik, mit so einem sehr hohen und dünnen Schlot.”

NDR Info

“They are putting on protective clothing, which is actually intended for a chemical deployment. A military transporter is now taking them to another concrete building.”

SRF 4 News

“Wenn keine neue Radiaktivität mehr entsteht, dann ist die erhöhte Strahlenbelastung, wie gesagt, so gering das”

Radio NV

“trees are contaminated with radionuclides. In the 10-kilometer zone, these dust particles, ash particles, they are quite heavy, they simply do not leave the exclusion zone.”

SRF 4 News

“mehr entsteht, dann ist die erhöhte Strahlenbelastung, wie gesagt, so gering das”

SRF 4 News

“In Deutschland hingegen vernichten sie den Salat, Freilandgemüse darf nicht mehr geerntet werden. Spielplätze werden gesperrt.”

CNA938 Singapore

“strike last year that damaged a protective shell covering tons of radioactive debris. The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog is urging for repairs to begin as soon as possible. That will cost more than 580 million US dollars.”

Radio ZET

“W ubiegłym roku uderzenie rosyjskiego drona rozszczeniło zewnętrzną osłonę reaktora, nie stwarza to obecnie żadnego bezpośredniego zagrożenia, naprawa zaplanowana jest na najbliższe miesiące.”

France Info

“Aujourd'hui, la centrale, située en Ukraine, reste menacée par les drones russes, ce qui entraînent un nouveau risque de rejet radioactif, l'ONG Greenpeace alerte”

Polskie Radio 3

“W ten sposób pokazali, że nie wyciągnęli to. zarkofagiem, przykrywającym zniszczony reaktor. Rosjanie od początku wojny okupują też za porozką elektrownię, największą elektrownię jądrową w Europie.”

France Info

“qui entraînent un nouveau risque de rejet radioactif, l'ONG Greenpeace alerte Lucalazo.”

France Info

“qui entraînent un nouveau risque de rejet radioactif, l'ONG Greenpeace alerte”

Polskie Radio 24

“Ukraińskie władzy ostrzegają, że Federacja Rosyjska nadal stwarza tam zagrożenie, wysyła rakiet. W tym drugim roku Rosjanie weszli do Czarnobyla, okupowali naszą stację.”

Radio Romania Intl

“In Ukraine, the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe is being commemorated today, with ceremonies planned at the site of the former Soviet plant located in the North of the country.”

Radio NV

“з той інформації, яка є публічною, Що саме сталося з цим злим?”

Radio NV

“And they say, according to media, that there is some kind of attack, and most likely the Russian Federation is behind it.”

Radio Romania Intl

“Maia Sandu, asositia la Kiev, unde Sandu... a insistat astazi ca energia atomica trebuie utilizata doar in scopul pașnice”

Radio Observador

“O Papa Leon XIV apela para um uso responsável da energia atómica. O líder da Igreja Católica deixou uma menção ao acidente nuclear na União Soviética, em Chernóvel, que faz hoje 40 anos.”

Radio Romania Intl

“Pe 26 aprilie... a insistat astazi ca energia atomica trebuie utilizata doar in scopul pașnice, transmite corpondenta noastră Elena Postelnicu.”

Radio Romania Intl

“Elena Postelnicu reported today that nuclear energy must be used only for peaceful purposes, commemorating the international day of the Chernobyl catastrophe.”

Times Radio UK

“And of course, the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as well.”

Polskie Radio 3

“Czarnobyl. Katastrofa, która wstrząsła światem i do dziś budzi strach.”

RFI Monde

“Un nuage radioactif avait survolé une bonne partie de l'Europe... une catastrophe aux effets sanitaires et écologiques incalculables.”

Radio Observador

“O Papa Leon XIV apela para un uso responsável da energia atómica. O líder da Igreja Católica fez uma menção ao acidente nuclear na União Soviética, em Chernóvel, que faz hoje 40 anos.”

Radio Romania Intl

“Norii radioactiv s-au răspândit în părți din nordul și vestul europei, cele mai afectate fiind Ukraina, Belarus și vestul Rusii. Zeci de mii de oameni au murit în urma acelui dezastru.”

RFI Monde

“En 1986, le service central de protection contre les rayonnements ionisants avait considéré que les retombées de la catastrophe de Tchernobyl étaient insignifiantes. Pourtant, elles sont soupçonnées d'avoir joué un rôle dans certaines pathologies, des cancers notamment affectant la tyroïde.”

Iran International

“Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the impact is still seen in the lives of the survivors.”

Iran International

“Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the stories are still seen in the lives of the survivors, amidst the official narratives.”

Radio Zvezda

“Глава МЧС Александра Куринков по благодарю ликвидаторам впоследствии катастрофы на Чернобыльской атомной станции замужества и самопожертвования.”

Radio NV

“В сьогодні в Україні вшановують учасників ліквідації наслідків аварії на ЧС, пожежників, працівників станції, військових, будівників, науковців і медиків, які ризикували життям і здоров'ям.”

Times Radio UK

“even though only 31 official deaths were recorded, surely the toll is much higher. You know, some people say hundreds of thousands.”

Sky News Arabia Radio

“3000 ثامة أو 300 طرد غذائي لتلبية احتياجات الأسر المتضررة في القطاع المتحدة المستمرة لإصال المساعدة إلى الفلسطينيين المتضررين في القطاع بعد أربعة عقود على كارثة شرنوبيل”

Times Radio UK

“we're certainly talking tens of thousands of deaths out of thought. And also hundreds of thousands of people losing their homes and being moved away.”

Polskie Radio 24

“dzisiaj też wyjątkowy dzień bo czterdziestarocznica katastrofy w Czarnobylu w Łódmierce ozałańska ostrzega że nad Czarnobylem wciąż latają rosyjskie szachedy”

Sky News Arabia Radio

“They asked us, after returning to work a few days later, to collect sand near the reactor... no one told us anything at all and they didn't tell us that our presence here was harmful.”

Polskie Radio 24

“Russian Shaheds are still flying over Chernobyl... if something happens again, someone will have to spend money to repair the sarcophagus to secure the place.”

Sky News Arabia Radio

“We were evacuated from Chernobyl and the government gave us a house in Kyiv... you say that in 1986, they did not tell us that a disaster had occurred in the reactor.”

Polskie Radio 24

“No więc jeżeli znowu do czegoś dojdzie, to znowu może nie będzie katastrofy na skaletę roku 1986, ale znowu ktoś będzie musiał wyłożyć po prostu pieniądze na to, żeby ten sarkofach naprawić.”

Sky News Arabia Radio

“today almost everything is under control... like Maria and thousands of other residents of the Chernobyl city whose stories have turned into memories”

CBC Radio One

“in Ukraine to remember those who died in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.”

Ö1

“Welt gedenkt heute der Atomkatastrophe von von Chernobyl vor mittlerweile 40 Jahren.”

Ukrainian Radio UR-1

“катастрофою в історії людства.”

Ukrainian Radio UR-1

“14 лютого минулого року російський дрон ушкодив укриття 4-го енергоблока Чернобильської ЕС. Чи можливе, умов війни, повторення катастрофи”

SWR Aktuell

“In der Ukraine ist der Opfer der Reaktorkatastrophe von Chernobyl gedacht worden. 40 Jahre nach der Explosion an dem Atomkraftwerk. Lenz-Selenski erinnerte mit einem Video an die größte zivilen”

SWR Aktuell

“an dem Atomkraftwerk. Lenz-Selenski erinnerte mit einem Video an die größte zivilen”

Deutschlandfunk

“ist jedoch nicht bekannt. Zum 40. Jahrestag der Atomkatastrophe von Chen Noh-Han”

SRF 1 Switzerland

“in der Schweiz Czernobyl in der Ukraine, 40 Jahre nach der Atomkatastrophe.”

Africa Radio

“Comémoration des 40 ans de Tchernobyl, l'explosion...”

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