AP reports -- "The Chernobyl disaster underscored that mankind must be extra careful in using nuclear technologies," Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovych said during a ceremony Thursday inaugurating ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

Learn more about this mold’s ability to withstand high levels of radiation and how it could prove useful to astronauts ...

Within the desolate landscape surrounding the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, hundreds of feral, radioactive dogs are displaying extraordinary genetic mutations. A recent study reveals that ...

Numerous books and films over the past 30 years have covered the Chernobyl disaster and its aftermath. Here are a few worth checking out. On the page “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Each day of war risks a ...

“One of the atomic reactors has been damaged,” a Radio Moscow broadcast announced about the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 28, 1986—nearly three days after the accident. “Measures are being ...

IN THE SMALL hours of February 24th 2022, Valentyn Heiko received a phone call at work. Gunfire could be heard at Vilcha, less than 50km away: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was under way. “We’re ...

On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl's Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station was destroyed by an explosion. The resulting environmental disaster has rendered the area surrounding the ...

The Chernobyl disaster is one of the worst nuclear accidents in history and the area still remains radioactive to this day.