Chernobyl

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy visits the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy visits the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy visits the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

On this day in 1986, workers ran a safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. But the test went awry, starting a fire in a reactor and leading to one of the largest nuclear disasters in history. Smoke from the fire and a second explosion launched…

Home News In an abandoned school in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, the floor is littered with gas masks that were distributed after the Chernobyl disaster. (Image credit: Anton Petrus/Getty Images) Chernobyl, the site of the deadliest nuclear accident of all time, should become a World Heritage site, Ukranian officials…

In Brief Area should be preserved as ‘unique destination of interest for the whole of mankind’, minister saysUkraine wants to apply to have the Chernobyl nuclear plant and its surrounding areas listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site alongside some of the world’s most culturally significant places. In an announcement…

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Thirty five years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainians view the site not only as a baleful monument to human mistakes but also as a source of inspiration, solace and income. Reactor No 4 at the power plant 65 miles north of the capital Kyiv exploded and caught fire deep…

Exposed — A deep look into the genetic damage left by the disaster. John Timmer - Apr 25, 2021 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Trees grow near a former hospital in a town abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster. Chernobyl is generally recognized as the worst nuclear accident on record,…

Home News Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Image credit: Shutterstock) Radiation exposure from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster — the world's deadliest nuclear accident — raised the risk of certain mutations linked to thyroid cancer, but it didn't cause new mutations in DNA that parents who cleaned up after the nuclear accident…