The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

A nuclear engineer reacts to a minute by minute breakdown of the Chernobyl control room disaster, separating fact from ...

Radiation affects air, soil, and water differently, and its behavior can even vary depending on the type of plant.

A steel structure in Chernobyl is no longer blocking radiation following major destruction from a Russian drone attack in February, sparking major concerns among scientists. The initial damage ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored ...

In 1986, when both countries were republics of the Soviet Union, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, ...

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The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become an unlikely wildlife refuge. After the 1986 meltdown, nearly ...

“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 ...

Kyiv is calling for an international investigation after a drone allegedly struck a spent nuclear fuel facility.