When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. Parents ...

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 ...

Timothy Mousseau, a USC professor with a PhD in biology, and his colleagues have begun conducting the only on-site research ...

A new study has unraveled the mystery behind the lingering radioactivity in wild boars inhabiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone, even decades after the catastrophic 1986 nuclear accident. In a recent ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster took place in the former Soviet Union (now Ukraine), CNN is revisiting the tragedy ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant began on April 26, 1986. But its aftermath escalated the catastrophe to unheard of levels. The disaster began ...

A crucial steel arch protecting Chernobyl's destroyed reactor can no longer perform its core safety role, UN's nuclear watchdog has revealed. Damage from a "kamikaze" drone strike on February 14 left ...

MINSK, 24 April (BelTA) - Belarus has made significant efforts to tackle radioactive pollution following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, CIS First Deputy Secretary General Igor Petrishenko said during ...

Ukrainians gathered on Saturday to honour the victims and clean-up crews of the biggest nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl, during a ceremony held in the northern town of Prypyat. Prypyat, now a ...

On the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, The Athletic’s Richard Sutcliffe recalls a visit to the nearby town of Pripyat, once home to a proud and ambitious football club, ...

Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown is premiering on Sunday, March 1 at 9 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live ...