On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

When a routine procedure went wrong in October 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria, UK.

The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a ...

Ukrainian firefighters have been frantically attempting ... which was placed on the plant's fourth reactor after the Chernobyl disaster, with a 314 square-foot gash. While there has been no ...

Experts from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Norway have confirmed that after a drone attack, the arch in Chernobyl no longer adequately protects the sarcophagus from harmful ...

Chernobyl is the biggest nuclear accident to date ... of Chernobyl to Hiroshima doesn't quite make sense. Legasov: The fire we're watching with our own eyes is giving off nearly twice the ...

When it was erected in 2019, the giant shell over the damaged nuclear reactor in Chernobyl was one of the biggest structures ever moved by humans. In February a Russian drone put a hole in it.

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Emergency crews were seen scaling the roof to repair the damage after a fire briefly ... conference". Chernobyl was famously the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, with ...

A Russian drone has hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl's damaged nuclear ... at the site of the world's worst nuclear accident caused a fire that has since been extinguished, he added.

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On October 10, 1957, the Windscale nuclear reactor in Cumbria caught fire, marking one of the first nuclear accidents in history. The fire burned for three days, releasing harmful radioactive material ...