"Just so there’s no confusion— the story of the liquidators is real. It happened," one of Chernobyl's creator's tweeted after Monday's episode HBO’s new series Chernobyl is attracting viewers for its ...

KIEV, Ukraine — Sergey Krasilnikov, 65, was one of about 800,000 soldiers, firefighters, engineers, miners, farmers and volunteers tasked with taking part in the Chernobyl cleanup operation after the ...

The 1986 nuclear power plant explosion in Chernobyl hurled huge amounts of radioactive material into the air. In the minutes to years that followed, around 530,000 recovery operation workers, such as ...

Direct radiation exposure caused DNA breaks that led to thyroid cancer, but didn't impact future children. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Standing just 300 meters from the Chernobyl reactor, radiation levels are still far above normal — nearly four decades after the disaster. This journey follows a rare visit inside the exclusion zone, ...

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