The Elephant’s Foot is a symbol of this larger, far-reaching legacy. A renewed risk during wartime In 2022, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone made global headlines again, not due to a new accident ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the Elephant's Foot still sits underground. This radioactive mass formed from melted nuclear fuel poses ongoing risks. Scientists continue to ...

On April 26, 1896, the industrial city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine was changed forever. Located just 16.5 km from the city ...

The April 1986 disaster at Chernobyl’s nuclear powerstation is remembered as one of the darkest moments of Ukrainian history, ...

Strange, unique, and eccentric names have come back into fashion for new parents, with monikers ranging from bizarrely-lettered variants to the Millennial-led dog names for babies trend — see ...

The giant New Safe Confinement shelter over the remains of Chernobyl's unit 4 was damaged by a drone in February with an ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant could lead to a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe".

Picture: AP Aerial view of Chernobyl nuclear power plant Reactor 4 after the explosion accident in 1986. Chernobyl is widely considered the worst nuclear disaster in world history.

Only those who serve the dead reactor and its three functioning neighbors can pass beyond.</p> <p>In April 1986, workers and engineers scrambled to keep the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s ...