Russia still has ten operating nuclear reactors that are similar to the one involved in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The type of reactor that exploded during Chernobyl, known as an RBMK, has been ...

While there might be impacts in a “very local area,” the bombing shouldn’t create “a massive environmental fallout,” one ...

Head of Chernobyl nuclear reactor - who was sentenced to 10 years' hard labour in 'last of the show trials' after it exploded in 1986 – dies aged 85 ...

As Israel intensifies strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, fears of a catastrophic fallout grow. Experts and global ...

The number four reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant is seen in this December 2, 1986 file photo, after completion of work to entomb it in concrete following the explosion at the plant.

6 Control rod coverings for the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl's Unit 1. Control rods were inserted in between the uranium fuel in the core to slow the nuclear reaction. 7 Pipes inside the reactor ...

It's billed as the "largest movable land-based structure ever built," and it is an important step toward ultimately dismantling the reactor. The 1986 blast was the world's worst nuclear disaster.

ST PETERSBURG - The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr ...

Ukraine signs new agreement to revive Chernobyl and Slavutych as global tourism and education hubs post the war.