The disaster of Chernobyl is one of the worst disasters in nuclear power ever, and also a major and pivotal moment in human ...

Alexander Kupny bravely documented the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's Reactor 4 following the catastrophic explosion on 26 ...

Amid rising threat from Russia, Pluri partners with Ukrainian blood bank to stockpile remedy for deadly radiation poisoning ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...

Chernobyl explores the aftermath and problem ... The realistic, gruesome results of the extreme radiation exposure that effects many unfortunate victims are recreated by the show’s talented ...

A study of bumble bees exposed to levels of radiation equivalent to those existing in Chernobyl hotspots shows that the insects ... disaster are showing physiological signs of radiation exposure. A ...

The Ukrainian government is seeking solutions to repair the containment vessel at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

The roof of the power plant, they argue, has become "the most dangerous place on earth" — a place where two minutes of exposure ... more radiation than the land contaminated by the Chernobyl ...

The confinement structure at Chernobyl that Mr. Schmieman worked on was an engineering and construction feat, designed to protect the damaged reactor for 100 years. To minimize radiation exposure ...

Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

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 ...

Since that day, Chernobyl’s dogs have died or suffered ... more than 450 animals were tested for radiation exposure, received medical care, vaccinations and were spayed or neutered.