Nearly four decades ago, an explosion rocked the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the middle of the night, sending radioactive clouds into the air and causing tens of thousands of people to leave ...

After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, humans abandoned the exclusion zone — but nature never left. The transcript follows the ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...

The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become an ...

Before Fukushima, the most notorious large-scale nuclear accident the world had seen was Chernobyl in 1986. The fallout from Chernobyl covered vast areas in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

In April 1986, the world changed forever when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster unfolded in what was then the Soviet Union. What began as a late-night safety test at Reactor No. 4 quickly turned into the ...

In a worst-case scenario, a prolonged loss of power would lead to a Fukushima-like accident releasing a plume of radiation over a large area. Chernobyl has shown the consequences: deaths from acute ...