A haunting look at how lies, pride, and negligence turned a man-made disaster into one of humanity’s darkest tragedies.

The explosion emitted 400 times the radioactivity as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. It is estimated that 31 plant staff members and emergency workers who were there that night died ...

Echoes of Chernobyl still haunt Ukraine and Russia, and experts are warning that a nuclear disaster could happen again if a ...

The meltdown of one of the four reactors of the massive nuclear power plant near the town of Chernobyl in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986 was the result of badly flawed reactor design, sloppy ...

The fires have come within a mile of the former nuclear power station. Guides who offer tours of Chernobyl have warned that wildfires close to the former nuclear power station are out of control and ...

An employee walks through a pump room of the stopped third reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Reuters Chernobyl could still be “killing us,” according to a new book ...

Frogs in the Chernobyl area developed darker skin after the 1986 nuclear accident, demonstrating their natural adaptation to ...

Sky has claimed that its HBO co-production Chernobyl has become the biggest BAFTA-winning series ever after clinching nine gongs across the BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA TV Craft Awards. The nuclear ...

AT THE ENTRANCE to the “Zone of Alienation” around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine stand two kiosks, painted a radioactive shade of yellow. Along with snacks for the tourists who descend ...

Editor's note: Marina Vasileva is a Russian journalist. She works as an editor of the science department of Open Media News in Moscow. She is spending two weeks as an intern at The (Fort Myers) ...

In a desperate race for energy, Silicon Valley is resurrecting the nuclear industry. But rushed projects and relaxed ...