After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an ...

Forty years after Chernobyl changed history forever, discover 17 fascinating and heartbreaking facts about the world’s worst ...

Chernobyl's nuclear plant still stands frozen in time 40 years later, preserving the scars of disaster while shaping the future of nuclear safety.

(April 26), a safety test at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine set off two explosions, triggering the world’s biggest nuclear disaster. However, it could have been worse had it not been for the ...

On April 26, 1986, a series of events led to the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl station, located in Pripyat, about 65 miles north of Kyiv in present-day Ukraine. The ...

A single person pressing the wrong button set off the nuclear catastrophe which shocked the globe and contaminated thousands of homes with radioactive material. In the early morning of April 26, 1986, ...

There's an object so deadly that even standing next to it can kill you within minutes. It's also completely man-made and only ...

The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl continues to haunt Ukraine, heightened by attacks hitting the country's nuclear plants.

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

Ukrainian officials said on Sunday that a Russian drone struck a facility used for handling spent nuclear fuel near the ...