On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to the popular Chernobyl claim that pressing the AZ-5 button could have prevented the disaster.

Chernobyl is a historical drama miniseries by HBO, based on the true story of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear disaster in ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to ...

Such projects are speeding up, not slowing down in time to completion, says author of new book on nuclear power development.

The world’s largest nuclear power plant has been approved to reopen after over a decade. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power ...

Russia has hammered Ukraine with persistent attacks on its critical energy infrastructure, and is invested in cutting off ...

A Russian strike could collapse the internal radiation shelter at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, the plant's director has told AFP. Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly ...

Violence in the North, a failed divorce referendum, and the Chernobyl disaster marked 1986. On a lighter note, Gay Byrne ...

You've probably heard a few shows being described as "Peak TV". Here's why Chernobyl on HBO is more than worthy of the label.