While Chernobyl put thousands of lives in danger, nuclear energy is still the safest form of energy. In the United States, ...

The power loss comes after the UN’s nuclear watchdog previously warned the protective shield at the Chernobyl power plant can ...

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history. The incident ...

Don't worry about the mutant dogs.

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine lost all off-site power following widespread military activity on Tuesday, the ...

According to head of the Atominfo research center Alexander Uvarov, forest fires that periodically occurred in the Ukrainian segment of the Chernobyl exclusion zone may have more significant radiation ...

Chernobyl is a historical drama miniseries by HBO, based on the true story of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear disaster in ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

Chernobyl is once again a global headline, but this time for its wildlife. Recent videos show stray dogs roaming the Chernobyl exclusion zone with bright blue fur. The footage, shared by animal rescue ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher levels of radioactive contamination than wolves living near the Chernobyl ...