Forty years ago, a reactor taught the world what arrogance and opacity can do to atoms under pressure. Forty years on, the ...

Forty years ago, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded releasing a radioactive cloud across Europe and ...

The Chernobyl disaster alerted Soviet leaders to the need for a better “safety culture” within its nuclear program—but the ...

Russian drone strike damages Chernobyl arc. Ceasefire by April 30, 2026 at 0.1% YES; by May 31, 2026 at 6.1% YES.

A school was the first place to accurately monitor radiation reaching the UK after the disaster, a former teacher says.

Years after the accident, more than 200,000 additional people were resettled into less-contaminated areas in nearby regions.

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable ...

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation ...

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." ...

The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl continues to haunt Ukraine, heightened by attacks hitting the country's nuclear plants.

Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia have killed at least 16 people. The attacks on Sunday coincided ...

Humans seem to be worse than nuclear radiation for wildlife. Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the exclusion zone has ...