"Exactly eight years ago, a new sarcophagus was slid over the old one, covering the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl ...

In 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in then Soviet-controlled Ukraine exploded, sending a radioactive plume across Europe. The effects were devastating and the disaster's ...

The purpose of this report is to update findings of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group’s Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident (INSAG-1), published ...

"The time has come to change this." A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in April 1986. It sent a radioactive plume across Europe and, according to the UN, nearly 50,000 ...

A SHOCK discovery in mutant black frogs could lead to humans returning to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone.

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant witnessed the worst ... An explosion in Room 305/2, then, would kick up that cloud of uranium dust, potentially exposing workers to ...