The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 transformed a once-thriving region of Ukraine into a radioactive wasteland. Decades later, the 2,600 square kilometer Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ...

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has given approval for the commissioning of the Solid Waste Retrieval Facility and Solid Waste Processing Plant at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

The recent fires in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine have not led to a hazardous increase in air-borne radioactive particles, the International Atomic Energy ...

A radioactive cloud drifted over Europe after an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986. Design flaws in the power plant led to a power surge, which caused massive explosions ...

Wikimedia Commons Map shows how Russia ... of the contaminate top soil around Chernobyl was moved and buried, having soaked up much of the ionizing radiation. Vitaliy Holovin - Corbis//Getty ...

Haunting photos reveal the deserted town devastated by the Chernobyl power station catastrophe on April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was an ...

Memorial services were held in Ukraine and elsewhere on April 26 to mark the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl ... radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. The toxicity of the radioactive ...

British scientists have used drones to create the most comprehensive radiation maps ever of the fallout zone from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Red Forest, just 500 metres from the site of ...

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Germán Orizaola/Pablo Burraco, CC BY The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human ...

Russian troop activity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant since February has led to an elevated risk of an accident or harmful radiation exposure. Ukraine regained control of the site near ...