Warnings are mounting over the structural integrity of the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with ...

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

Ukraine is entering one of its darkest nights in months, literally and strategically after a coordinated wave of Russian strikes crippled major energy sites across the country. Kyiv has enforced ...

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly ...

The Chernobyl tragedy was one of the most dreadful tragedies of all time. It happened when a routine test at the Chernobyl ...

Temporary repairs are planned in 2026 to pave the way for permanent restoration, the United Nations agency said.

The protective shield over Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor no longer works after a February drone strike, the IAEA said. The blast damaged the New Safe Confinement’s outer cladding and triggered a fire, ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

"The blue dye likely came from a tipped over port-a-potty where the dogs were rolling around in the poop, as dogs are prone to do," Timothy Mousseau of the University of South Carolina was quoted ...

United Nations experts are calling for urgent repairs to Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement, the structure built as an additional shield against radiation from the failed nuclear ...

We’ve all seen those movies where something goes wrong with technology and suddenly, it’s chaos. Well, sometimes ...

In October, dogs at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine were spotted with bright blue fur. Dogs of Chernobyl, an ...