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A Soviet nuclear power expert said today that the Kremlin named a panel to investigate the Chernobyl accident on the day the disaster occurred.
May 19, 1986
Two new international agreements on nuclear accidents--one designed to ensure prompt disclosure of any future radiation disaster, the other to speed emergency aid to a stricken country--were adopted Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Sept. 27, 1986
The disappearance of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the world’s seas.
April 23, 2021
California
As potential disasters go, the toxic spill in the Cajon Pass last month was a monster.
March 14, 1996
A major coal miner disaster has occurred in the Donetsk region south of Moscow, an official Tass news agency dispatch indicated Thursday.
Dec. 26, 1986
As a sign of things to come, 40,000 pounds of sod tumbled onto the San Diego Freeway, when two big rigs, a truck and two pickups collided early Thursday.
Nov. 11, 1988
L.A. Now
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Jan. 21, 2013
Feb. 26, 2013
Opinion
My son and 249 classmates were among the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea. We parents deserve answers from our government.
April 15, 2022
Amid a peaceful setting of marshy flats and rolling hills thickly forested with pine and oak, three nuclear reactors at the Savannah River Plant near here work day and night producing most of the material needed to give U.S. bombs and missiles the explosive force of nuclear energy.
May 18, 1986