Chernobyl Today

• Ukraine seizes first batch of Chernobyl-made alcohol in not-so-rad bust

  The Chernobyl Spirits Company is dealing with the fallout of losing its first shipment of spirits made near the disaster site.

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  May 10, 2021
  
• Chernobyl forest fire triggers radiation spike around nuclear plant

  Radiation readings soared 16 times higher than normal around the fire, which broke out in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

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  Apr 6, 2020
  
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• Bad or rad? Vodka from Chernobyl supposedly safe for humans to drink

  Scientists have produced a bottle of "Atomik Vodka" using water and grains harvested from close to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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  Aug 8, 2019
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• Massive shelter now in place over Chernobyl reactor

  A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world.

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  Nov 29, 2016