Deep inside the ruins of Chernobyl lies the Elephant’s Foot, a deadly radioactive mass created during the 1986 nuclear disaster. Formed from molten reactor materials, this terrifying relic remains one ...

In a time when the world is focused on emerging technologies and geopolitical shifts, there are still stories from the past that haven’t faded away. One of them lies deep beneath an abandoned ...

A new class of material has been created in the lab that mimics the radioactive, lava-like waste created during nuclear meltdowns like those of Chernobyl and Fukushima. The simulant materials offer a ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history. In addition to killing dozens of people and contaminating an area of roughly 58,000 square ...

The 1986 Chernobyl power plant accident is often referred to as the world's worst nuclear disaster. When one of the four reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded early in the morning of ...

HBO’s miniseries Chernobyl will conclude next Monday, but the real-life disaster is far from over. More than 30 years after the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, ...