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2,403 Chernobyl Disaster 1986 Images and Stock Photos

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View on the Safe Confinement over the 4th block of Chernobyl Nuclear power plant, during a press tour to Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Chernobyl,...

Press Tour In The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Title of the abandoned city of Pripyat on a sign, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, on 7 June 2019. The Chernobyl Series , which...

Press Tour of The Locations Depicted in The Chernobyl Series (HBO)

View of the hospital where the first injured were taken, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, on 7 June...

Press Tour of The Locations Depicted in The Chernobyl Series (HBO)

Control of radioactivity on the market after the disaster of tchernobyl in Strasbourg, France in May, 1986-Control of radioactivity on the market...

Control of radioactivity on the market after the disaster of tchernobyl in Strasbourg, France in May, 1986-

Chernobyl nuclear plant In Chernobyl, Ukraine On April 31, 1986-Satellite picture of Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Chernobyl nuclear plant In Chernobyl, Ukraine On April 31, 1986-

People put wreaths in the Chernobyl memorial of the catastrophe in Naroulia, Belarus. In 1986, the city experienced heavy radioactive fallout from...

33rd Anniversary Of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster In Belarus

West German customs officials closely screening goods, cars and people coming in from Eastern Europe, where radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear...

Chernobyl disaster: the specter of radioactivity over West Germany in 1986

Left completely abandoned, the buildings and roads of Prypyat are today slowly being recaptured by nature, seen here on June 1, 2006 inside the...

The shelter is not an empty construction supervised from outside; up to 120 people work in shifts inside the shelter within the control zone, seen...

Americans returning from Kiev shortly after meltdown at Chernobyl; holding &wearing t-shirts which read, "Kiev was a blast" & "I survived Chernobyl".

Americans returning from Kiev shortly after meltdown at

On 26th April at 1.23am the world's worst nuclear disaster happened at Reactor Number 4 at Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine. 190...

Chernobyl's Legacy

Anastacia is checked on by a nurse at the intensive care unit of the Children's Surgical Hospital in Minsk on March 14, 2006 in Minsk, Belarus....

20th Anniversary of Chernobyl

Year-old Anya Petrushkova, who was diagnosed with lymphosarcoma, stands behind 4-year-old Andrey Sabirov from Gomel, who rests his head on the side...

Children Of Chernobyl

Year-old Andrey Sabirov from Gomel rests his head on the side of his bed on August 20 at the Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital in Gomel, Belarus....

Children Of Chernobyl

Picture of a doll left behind in the evacuated village of Grydni on August 18 in Minsk, Belarus. As the winds shifted from region to region, many...

Children Of Chernobyl

Year-old Artem Vasyuk poses for a picture on August 16 at the Children?s Division of the Oncology Research Institute in Minsk, Belarus. On April 26...

Children Of Chernobyl

Year-old Nastya Dolgovevets from Slutsk village in the Minsk region of Belarus sits on her bed on August 16 at the Children?s Division of the...

Children Of Chernobyl

Lichen is the reindeer's favorite winter food. This sprig was contaminated by radiation from Chernobyl.

Lichen Contaminated by Radiation

Closed off playground in Berlin, Germany, after the reactor accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986. Sign reads: 'Attention! Entry...

CHERNOBYL DISASTER, 1986. Closed off playground in Berlin, Germany, after the reactor accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1986. Sign reads: 'Attention! Entry forbidden! Radioactive.' Ritter - ullstein bild

Worker stands in front of the sarcophagus that encloses stricken reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the 30th anniversary of...

Ukraine Commemorates 30th Anniversary Of Chernobyl Disaster

Ivan Vlasenko a former Chernobyl "liquidator" who suffers from a bone marrow condition called myelodysplastic syndrome, sits in the hospital room at...

The Chernobyl Legacy: The Liquidators

Toddler w. Limb deformities, birth defect due to radiation contamination fr. 1986 nuclear plant accident, at children's home for Chernobyl victims.

Toddler w. limb deformities, birth defect

Toddler w. Limb deformities, birth defect due to radiation contamination fr. 1986 nuclear plant accident, at children's home for Chernobyl victims.

Toddler w. limb deformities, birth defect

Boys w. Limb & facial birth defect deformities linked to radiation contamination fr. 1986 nuclear plant accident, at children's home for Chernobyl...

Boys w. limb & facial birth defect

Small boy eating apple w. Hands deformed by birth defect, re radiation contamination fr. 1986 nuclear plant accident, at children's home for...

Small boy eating apple w. hands deformed

Dr. Robert Gale & millionaire Dr. Armand Hammer conversing w. Soviet citizen V.D. Dznenko after Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Kiev's Hospital.

Robert Gale;V. D. Dznenko;Armand Hammer

Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially...

The New Safe Confinement, installed in 2016, protects the remains of Reactor 4, destroyed during the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, at the Chornobyl...

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Indicators glow in the dark in the Reactor 3 Main Control Room at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 14, 2026....

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

La destruction des récoltes de salades en Normandie après le passage du nuage radioactif provenant de la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl, le 16...

Nuage de Tchernobyl en France

Slavoutytch, ville construite après la catastrophe de Tchernobyl survenue le 26 avril 1986, afin d'accueillir la population ayant quitté Tchernobyl...

Catastrophe de Tchernobyl

Contrôle de radiations, à la frontière de la RFA et de la RDA, suite à la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl. Herleshausen, le 4 Mai 1986.

Catastrophe de Tchernobyl

Contrôle de radiations, à la frontière de la RFA et de la RDA, suite à la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl. Herleshausen, le 4 Mai 1986.

Catastrophe de Tchernobyl

Contrôle de radiations, à la frontière de la RFA et de la RDA, suite à la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl. Herleshausen, le 4 Mai 1986.

Catastrophe de Tchernobyl

Staircase, overgrown with trees and bushes since 1986, when people left the city, is seen on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Stained glass window of the Prypiat restaurant remains damaged by Russian military on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Person holds an old photo of the Prypiat restaurant, which was closed after the Chornobyl disaster, in front of the building’s current appearance on...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Poster with Soviet-era road signs is seen at one of the abandoned enterprises on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26 the...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Street in a residential district, overgrown with trees and bushes since 1986, when people left the city, is seen on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Monument with the coat of arms of the USSR stands overgrown with trees and bushes in front of the city hall on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

The central street of Prypiat, overgrown with trees and bushes since 1986, when people left the city, is seen on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

An interior view of an abandoned home appliances and furniture store with Soviet-era goods in the city centre on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

An interior view of an abandoned home appliances and furniture store with Soviet-era goods in the city centre on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

An interior view of an abandoned home appliances and furniture store with Soviet-era goods in the city centre on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Remains of a carousel stands in an abandoned amusement park on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26 the fourth reactor of the...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Ferris wheel stands in an abandoned amusement park on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26 the fourth reactor of the...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Graffiti is seen on the abandoned Palace of Culture Enerhetyk on the central square on April 12, 2025 in Prypiat, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On April 26...

The Evacuated And Devastated City Of Prypiat Near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Tabs displaying the names of Ukrainian settlements that have disappeared due to the Chernobyl disaster are being exhibited at the Ukrainian National...

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum In Kyiv, Ukraine

Tabs displaying the names of Ukrainian settlements that have disappeared due to the Chernobyl disaster are being exhibited at the Ukrainian National...

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum In Kyiv, Ukraine

Emergency radiation protection suits are on display at the Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 23, 2024. The museum is...

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum In Kyiv, Ukraine

Visitors are examining the exhibits at the Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 23, 2024. The museum is dedicated to the...

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum In Kyiv, Ukraine

Emergency radiation protection suits are on display at the Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 23, 2024. The museum is...

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum In Kyiv, Ukraine

View of an abandoned building as Ukrainian soldiers visit the 30-kilometer exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the town...

Chernobyl, site of world's worst nuclear disaster, remains haunting place

Abandoned trucks and helicopters used in the Chernobyl Nuclear plant cleanup rest in a field October 15, 2000 in Rasssoka, Russia. The area is a kind...

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

Children''s amusement park lies desolate December 6, 2000 in Pripyat, Ukraine, a city of 50,000 that was completely evacuated 36 hours after the...

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Concrete and steel covers the explosion site December 6, 2000 inside the Chernobyl nuclear power complex, site of the worst nuclear accident in...

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant to Shut Down

Technician points to the control board which sealed the fate of the Chernobyl disaster December 6, 2000 inside the Chernobyl nuclear power complex,...

Chernobyl Nuclear Plant to Shut Down

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 the...

37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

The New Safe Confinement structure at the Chernobyl power plant. The New Safe Confinement structure was completed in 2016. It is designed contain and...

The New Safe Confinement structure at the Chernobyl power

View of an abandoned city of Pripyat in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on 25 December, 2019. The Chernobyl disaster on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...

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