Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

The Chernobyl disaster is one of the worst nuclear accidents in history and the area still remains radioactive to this day.

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

Exactly 33 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, the name "Chernobyl" is still synonymous with disaster. And still, people are fascinated by the mystery of what exactly happened that ...

Even nearby explosions could lead to a catastrophic leak after an earlier strike damaged the outer radiation shell.

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of targeting the facility since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February ...

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland told to ‘emphasise that the food chain was safeguarded in 1986’ ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey ...

Learn more about this mold’s ability to withstand high levels of radiation and how it could prove useful to astronauts ...

HBO and Sky UK’s miniseries Chernobyl is not the first attempt to depict the namesake nuclear disaster, but it is the most convincing one, distilling thorough research into an elaborate story. A major ...