But the discoveries at Chernobyl suggested that some fungi seemed to be radiotrophic ... “It will just eat what you give it and it will not start using the ionising radiation – we tested that many ...

Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times The structure at Chernobyl that was hit on Friday is a huge arching shelter covering what remains of the crippled reactor. The meltdown spewed radiation into ...

Russia responded to Kyiv's claims and said it "does not" hit nuclear plants in Ukraine. At 2:02 am tonight, the deserted Chernobyl Nuclear Plant was struck by a drone, which Ukraine claims was ...

Ukrainian authorities said a Russian drone struck the radiation shield that covers the damaged Reactor Number 4 at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, an incident which comes just hours ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that a Russian drone had struck a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, adding that “radiation levels have ...

The structure, known as the New Safe Confinement, was built through international cooperation to contain the remnants of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It was designed to prevent radiation leaks and ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the protective confinement shell of the Chernobyl ... said Friday. Radiation levels have not ...

The Chernobyl No. 4 reactor exploded in April 1986 during a routine safety test, spewing radiation across Ukraine and Belarus — both then part of the Soviet Union — and other parts of Europe.

Watch: Russian drone strike Chornobyl radiation Shelter; Zelenskyy calls out ‘terrorist threat’ “The shelter at the Chernobyl NPP was damaged by this drone. The fire has been extinguished.