Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that some radioactive particles released during ...

New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.

Encountering scepticism about nuclear energy cemented Ian Ang’s decision to pursue a PhD in the field. Read more at ...

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, ...

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them. A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children ...

April 26, 1986. An explosion and fire occurred at Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet ...

Four decades after the world's worst nuclear disaster, scientists have uncovered a chilling reminder that Chernobyl's ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that ...

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Thirty-nine years ago, a series of traumatic events in everyday life filled the country with fear. But thanks to the ...