Corium lava was produced at both Chernobyl and Fukushima Dai’ichi, and on a smaller scale at Three Mile Island. It’s a rare thing, this man-made lava, and it’s only produced when humans ...

Deep in the ruins of Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 ... A grotesque, wrinkled mass of molten corium, this deadly relic of the 1986 nuclear disaster is a chilling testament to the sheer power and ...

Although the sarcophagus over the Chernobyl power plant is designed to ... there are still several hundred tons of radioactive corium and dozens of tons of uranium and plutonium under the rubble ...

Buried deep within Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 ... Researchers continue monitoring the corium to understand its long-term effects. The Elephant’s Foot isn’t just deadly—it’s still changing ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: HBO's new miniseries, "Chernobyl," recounts the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine. It's a dramatization, so while many events depicted in the show ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. The drone hit Chernobyl early Friday, creating a hole in the structure and briefly starting a fire. Kyiv blamed Russia for the attack. The Kremlin has denied ...

The containment arch protecting the remains of reactor No. 4 at the former Chernobyl power plant, after a drone attack, in Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. EFREM LUKATSKY / AP A Russian Shahed drone ...

The breach at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was dangerous for many reasons, mainly because it jeopardized the safety of the protective shell covering Reactor No. 4.Credit... Supported by By ...