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Int'l confab on nuclear safety at Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C) and other participants offer silent prayers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, during an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery on April 26, 2026, the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident at the plant.

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Int'l confab on nuclear safety at Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the press ahead of an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026, the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident at the plant.

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Int'l confab on nuclear safety at Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026, the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident at the plant.

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Int'l confab on nuclear safety at Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other participants take a group photo during an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026, the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident at the plant.

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Russian drone hits Chornobyl shelter

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 14, 2025 - The monument to those who protected the world from the nuclear disaster erected to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the accident is outside the New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant that was hit by a Russian attack drone with an explosive warhead on Friday night, January 14, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. The structure put in place in 2016 protects the remains of Reactor 4 destroyed during the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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38th anniv. of Chernobyl nuclear accident

People offer flowers at a monument built at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2024, the 38th anniversary of the nuclear disaster.

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CHERNOBYL DISASTER-37TH ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- MINSK, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A commemoration ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster is held in Minsk, Belarus, April 26, 2023. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, was one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CHERNOBYL DISASTER-37TH ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- MINSK, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers while attending a commemoration ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Minsk, Belarus, April 26, 2023. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, was one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a shelter over the damaged reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, where a nuclear accident occurred 37 years ago the same day.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a shelter over the damaged reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, where a nuclear accident occurred 37 years ago the same day.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine take part in a memorial ceremony for the victims of the nuclear disaster on April 26, 2023, the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident 37 years ago the same day.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine observe a moment of silence for the victims of the nuclear disaster on April 26, 2023, the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine's minister of environmental protection, speaks during a memorial ceremony at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023, on the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL-NUCLEAR ACCIDENT-ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- KIEV, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers at a monument during a commemorative ceremony of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at the site of the disaster in Ukraine, April 26, 2023. Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with a commemorative ceremony at the site of the disaster. TO GO WITH "Ukraine marks 37th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident" (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine's minister of environmental protection, speaks during a memorial ceremony at a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023, on the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident 37 years ago the same day.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine take part in a memorial ceremony for the victims of the nuclear disaster on April 26, 2023, the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine observe a moment of silence for the victims of the nuclear disaster on April 26, 2023, the 37th anniversary of the 1986 accident.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a shelter over the damaged reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, where a nuclear accident occurred 37 years ago the same day.

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37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Photo taken on April 26, 2023, shows a shelter over the damaged reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, where a nuclear accident occurred 37 years ago the same day.

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BELARUS-MINSK-CHERNOBYL DISASTER-37TH ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- MINSK, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A commemoration ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster is held in Minsk, Belarus, April 26, 2023. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, was one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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BELARUS-MINSK-CHERNOBYL DISASTER-37TH ANNIVERSARY

(230427) -- MINSK, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers while attending a commemoration ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Minsk, Belarus, April 26, 2023. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, was one of the most serious nuclear accidents in history. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

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Cleanup work near pasture in town affected by nuke disaster

NAMIE, Japan - Workers conduct decontamination work near a pasture in a "difficult-to-return zone" of the town of Namie, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

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Deserted city near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Photo taken Sept. 29, 2013, shows protective masks abandoned at a school in Pripyat, a deserted city near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The masks were ditched by residents who evacuated the city following the 1986 nuclear disaster, as no one knew how to use them, according to people familiar with the situation at the time of the accident.

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Japan, Ukraine mark 2011 quake anniversary

KIEV, Ukraine - Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Toichi Sakata (R) gives a speech during a ceremony in Kiev on March 13, 2012, in remembrance of victims of Japan's March 2011 earthquake and to pray for the prevention of nuclear accidents. People affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and former workers involved in the response joined the ceremony.

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Charity concert in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A charity concert is held in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the quake and tsunami in Japan, in which Ukrainian and Japanese musicians played pieces composed for people affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The proceeds will be donated to the people affected by the two accidents.

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Disaster prayer in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - People holding candles offer prayers in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the quake and tsunami in Japan. Ukraine suffered from the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, while the Japan disaster triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Disaster prayer in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - About 100 people holding candles offer prayers in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the quake and tsunami in Japan. Ukraine suffered from the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, while the Japan disaster triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Chernobyl shelter

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - A new shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine to contain radioactive materials still leaking 25 years after the 1986 disaster is seen in its preparatory stages on Nov. 4, 2011. A fact-finding mission from Fukushima Prefecture visited the site that day to assess the situation at Chernobyl, following an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Ex-Ukraine president Kravchuk

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Ukraine President Leonid Kravchuk gives an interview in Kiev on Oct. 4, 2011. The first president of Ukraine said that the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident played a large part in his decisive role in the voluntary abandonment of nuclear weapons in the country.

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25th anniv. of Chernobyl accident

KIEV, Ukraine - A woman offers a candle during a memorial ceremony for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident held at a church in Kiev on April 26, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the accident which happened under the rule of the Soviet Union.

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25th anniv. of Chernobyl accident

KIEV, Ukraine - People attend a memorial ceremony for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident held at a church in Kiev on April 26, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the accident which happened under the rule of the Soviet Union.

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25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows Mitinskoye cemetery near Moscow on April 23, 2011, where workers who died in the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are buried, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the disaster on April 25.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Photo taken on April 18, 2011, shows a Ferris wheel and apartment blocks in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - A doll lies in front of the ''cultural palace'' in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, on April 18, 2011. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. Young white birch trees grow inside the building.

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Japan raises nuclear accident severity level

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) listens to explanations offered by an official of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (R) on April 12, 2011, in Fukushima. The government decided to raise the severity level of the accident at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the previous 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

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Japan raises nuclear accident severity level

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. holding a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo. The government announced the same day that it had raised the severity level of the accident at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, run by Tokyo Electric and stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the previous 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

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Japan raises nuclear accident severity level

TOKYO, Japan - Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks about the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station at a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2011. The government raised the severity level of the accident at the plant to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the current 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

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Japanese emperor, Ukrainian president meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych meet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. The two discussed issues related to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident in Ukraine, which was part of the former Soviet Union at the time. (Pool Photo)

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Sugenoya elected Matsumoto mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Sugenoya, a doctor who helped victims in Belarus of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union in 1986, was elected mayor of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on March 14. Sugenoya, a former assistant professor at Shinshu University, quit the university in 1995 and treated thyroid gland cancer victims in Belarus for five and a half years without payment.

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Experts estimate casualties from Taiwan's nuclear plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo shows Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant under review over its construction. Japanese researchers, commissioned by Taiwan's local opponents of the plant to project the possible loss of life in the event of a major accident, warned Sept. 28 that a Chernobyl-like accident at the plant would immediately kill more than 8,700 people in northern Taiwan.

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Russian, Ukrainian victims of Chernobyl visit Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three children arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 7 as members of a group of 40 Russian and Ukrainian children aged 10 to 16 suffering from the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. Group members will go to Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido to undergo blood tests at Hokkaido University's School of Medicine until Aug. 22. The children were invited by the Japanese government.

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Medical treatment by satellite

Doctors at Shinshu University in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture consulted Feb. 19 with their colleagues in Belarus after carrying out via satellite a transplant of peripheral blood stem cells for a five-year-old female leukemia patient in Belarus. Shinshu University has been providing medical support to the former Soviet republic since 1991 to treat victims suffering from radiation exposure stemming from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident.

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Zelensky discusses grain exports with UN chief, Turkish president

STORY: Zelensky discusses grain exports with UN chief, Turkish president DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): LI DONGXU, Xinhua correspondent 2. the three leaders 3. various of grain exports related footage STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LI DONGXU, Xinhua correspondent "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a tripartite meeting in Lviv Thursday to discuss grain exports from Ukraine and the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP). Zelensky noted the negotiations can open up significant prospects. In particular, the parties discussed the grain export initiative and outlined possible directions for the further development of the initiative. Erdogan expressed concern about the situation around the Zaporizhzhia NPP and emphasized the inadmissibility of repeating a tragedy similar to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power pl