Ukraine is building new border defenses with materials brought from outside the exclusion zone. The sarcophagus of reactor 4 ...

The abandoned vehicles used during the liquidation of the Chernobyl disaster are still parked in the city, as if frozen in place, waiting for a crew of workers who will never return.

On April 26, 1896, the industrial city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine was changed forever. Located just 16.5 km from the city ...

For instance, the guards have given several of the dogs nicknames. According to Turnbull, there's Alpha, whose name refers to a type of radiation, and Tarzan, a dog well-known to Chernobyl ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, an abandoned town next to Chernobyl. Pripyat was evacuated right after the 1986 disaster at the nuclear power plant. The city is a complete ghost ...

For just over $100, passengers can book themselves on a panoramic flight over the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster – the latest venture exploiting enduring interest in the abandoned ...

A Ferris wheel at an abandoned amusement park in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. Pe3check/Getty. Despite the radioactivity, it used to be possible for tourists to visit the zone.

Not everyone evacuated when the Chernobyl nuclear plant melted down in 1986. The few who stayed lived through another calamity when Russian troops marched in. Bumper cars in the abandoned city of ...

At least 30 generations have roamed the abandoned region since 1986. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Search for: ...

Wildfires are common in the so-called Zone of Alienation around the abandoned Chernobyl plant. A larger-than-typical fire is stirring up radiation, though levels remain normal in Kyiv, the ...

For just over $100, passengers can book themselves on a panoramic flight over the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster – the latest venture exploiting enduring interest in the abandoned ...