In the 1960s, the lake dried out and sent radioactive material into the air, irradiating half a million people with 185 petabecquerels of radiation - a similar effect to that of the Hiroshima bomb.

The world is home to some highly radioactive places that remain dangerously off-limits to humans. From lake dumping grounds in Russia to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, these places pose extreme health ...

Why do nuclear plants produce radioactive water ... or, in the case of Chernobyl, surrounded by huge lakes. That way, filtered waste water can be discharged into the ocean or lake once it’s been ...

Lake wildlife near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site is thriving, with effects of radiation apparently offset by the absence of humans, U.K. researchers say.

More dangerous than Chernobyl. Over the years, the lake accumulated so many dangerous deposits that its waters were emitting 120 mln ... and density of radionuclide fallout near the water reservoir.

The Chernobyl plant, which closed in 2000, has fuel rods containing 230 kilograms (500 pounds) of uranium, and they are submerged in water at least 15 meters (49 feet) deep, with an active cooling ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone slammed into the shell covering the remains of Chernobyl’s reactor No. 4 — the same one that exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing ...

Ukraine's Lake Sasyk was created artificially when Soviet engineers separated a lagoon from the Black Sea and flooded it with water from the Danube. Critics say it's an environmental disaster, but ...

The Aral Sea, formerly the world's fourth-largest lake, was then hit by a severe drought that evaporated so much of its water the lake split in two in 1986. Advertisement ...

A zircon crystal from the Chernobyl melt shows surprising ‘re-equilibration textures’ that geologists had previously assumed were created by contact with water.