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It's Now Preparing for Its Own Nuclear Radiation Leak](https://time.com/5668326/vilnius-lithuania-chernobyl-nuclear-meltdown-drill/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Bloomberg *  Mar 13, 2018 ## [Chernobyl Is Now the World’s Unlikeliest Green Energy Experiment](https://time.com/5197835/chernobyl-green-energy-experiment/) [SCIENCE](/section/science/) by Bloomberg *  Jul 5, 2016 ## [Coming of Age in the Shadow of Chernobyl](https://time.com/4386594/coming-of-age-in-the-shadow-of-chernobyl/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rachel Lowry *  Apr 26, 2016 ## [Nuclear Power Still Going Strong 30 Years After Chernobyl](https://time.com/4307796/chernobyl-anniversary-nuclear-energy-industry/) [SCIENCE](/section/science/) by Justin Worland *  Apr 26, 2016 ## [Ukraine Observes 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl](https://time.com/4307419/chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-30th-anniversary-ukraine/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Apr 25, 2016 ## [Chernobyl Is Still The Worst Nuclear Accident for Public Health](https://time.com/4307160/chernobyl-worst-nuclear-accident/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by TIME Staff *  Feb 18, 2016 ## [Here Are the Best Portrait Photos of the Year](https://time.com/4227541/world-press-photo-portrait/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rachel Lowry *  Dec 31, 2015 ## [In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2015](https://time.com/4147172/in-memoriam-photographers-died-2015/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rachel Lowry *  Dec 1, 2014 ## [Watch Eerily Beautiful Drone Footage of a Town Evacuated After the Chernobyl Disaster](https://time.com/3611917/drone-footage-chernobyl/) by Eliza Berman *  Nov 30, 2014 ## [Watch Drone Footage Explore Chernobyl From Above for the First Time](https://time.com/3610836/chernobyl-drone-video-brown-bear/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Nolan Feeney *  Jul 19, 2014 ## [Russia's Spin Job of the MH17 Crash Brings Back Soviet Memories](https://time.com/3006347/russia-mh17-spin-soviet-memories/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jun 18, 2014 ## [Daniel Berehulak: The Freelancer's Way](https://time.com/3810056/daniel-berehulak-the-freelancers-way/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Phil Bicker *  Dec 28, 2011 ## [TIME's Best of 2011: Animals in Peril](https://time.com/3784369/times-best-of-2011-animals-in-peril/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Phil Bicker *  Apr 22, 2011 ## [Closeup: Best Pictures of the Week, April 15 – April 22](https://time.com/3776507/closeup-best-pictures-of-the-week-april-15-april-22/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by TIME Photo Department ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/chernobyl/","name":"Chernobyl"}}]}] ```