Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them. A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children ...

Maria Sharapova’s connection to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster goes back to before her birth. Her parents left Gomel, ...

Scientists found six Chernobyl radioactive particles retained their original structure after 40 years, offering insights into long-term nuclear contamination.

Scientists are investigating whether radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused genetic changes in dogs living near the ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh ...

Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that some radioactive particles released during ...

Eleven-year-old Genya plays the pretending game as she crams for an art school entrance exam in Chernobyl’s wake. By Elena Gorokhova Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...