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

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

An International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of the Chernobyl nuclear plant found a shield had "lost its primary safety functions" after a drone strike.

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

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

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

(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 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, ...

"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 ...

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

Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately targeting the disaster site with a drone strike, which left a 160-square-foot hole ...

The agency noted that the New Safe Confinement (NSC) was "severely damaged" during a February attack and has "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability ...