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

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 ...

In the shadow of Reactor 4, where the 1986 Chernobyl explosion unleashed history's worst nuclear catastrophe, hundreds of stray dogs have thrived amid lethal radiation. Evacuating 350,000 people and ...

In Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

1986年、大惨事の中心にあったチェルノブイリ原子力発電所4号炉。その制御室は依然として放射線量が高いままですが、防護服とヘルメットと手袋を着用したうえであれば、観光客も見学ができるようになったとCNNは報じています。 放射線量4万倍の部屋は ...

AUTHORITIES insist a massive blaze around the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear disaster has not increased radiation levels in nearby countries above ‘the norm’. Despite fears, Ukrainian ...