At Chernobyl, 134 liquidators quickly developed radiation sickness, and 28 of them died from it. These people were exposed to radiation levels as high as 8,000 to 16,000 mSv, or the equivalent of ...

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The buzz around HBO acclaimed series Chernobyl demonstrates that nuclear accidents continue to capture the public imagination. But while the effects of exposure to high doses of radiation are ...

Ukraine's defense ministry cited two reasons for the Russian exit: military losses and radiation exposure. They likely disturbed polluted soil in the Chernobyl zone's contaminated Red Forest.

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Russian troops who had occupied the nuclear power station at Chernobyl may have been exposed to "significant doses" of radiation, Ukraine's state energy company Energoatom said Friday. The company ...

As Russia invades Chernobyl, many fear artillery could spread radioactive dust across the continent ... The United Nations estimates that at least 4,000 people died from radiation exposure; ...

Corkhill said visitors can expect "very minimal" radiation exposure. A flight from the US is likely to give you more radiation than a Chernobyl tour, she said.

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found.

But through DNA, they could readily identify dogs living in areas of high, low and medium levels of radiation exposure. “That was a huge milestone for us,” said Ostrander.

Very high levels of ionizing radiation cause "radiation sickness."At Chernobyl, 134 liquidators quickly developed radiation sickness, and 28 of them died from it.