# Inside Chornobyl

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Podcast: [On Assignment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-assignment-7432756)
Published: 2026-05-02T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Forty years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chornobyl remains a place suspended in time — and newly exposed to danger. In this episode of On Assignment, Reuters correspondent Dan Peleschuk takes us inside the abandoned towns, sealed control rooms and vast confinement arc built to contain the radioactive remains of reactor four. Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to opt out of targeted advertising.

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