When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, where human life is tightly controlled and radiation still lingers at dangerous levels, a dark, velvety fungus has quietly colonized the walls. Researchers say ...

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That's a question some scientists have been asking in new research that has been keeping tabs on the wild animals roaming around the Chernobyl ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revealed that Ukrainian engineers and workers are carrying out temporary repairs of the Chernobyl Reactor 4 containment site’s New Safe Confinement ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Each day of war risks a ...

(CNN) — The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, ...

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the Slavutych City authorities have signed a memorandum of cooperation with the goal of developing local tourism as part of the post-war revival of the region.

In April of 1986, a steam explosion in Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union ignited a fire that raged for 10 days and spewed vast quantities of radioactive particles into ...

An international team has visited the Chernobyl site to review the causes and effects of a roof collapse that took place in February. An international team has visited the Chernobyl site to review the ...