Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety ...

On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...

The BBC's Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Forty years after the accident, some residents still refuse to leave, even after Vladimir Putin’s army occupied the area in ...

Olena Maruzhenko remembers her mother sobbing when Soviet police told them to evacuate their home in the village of Korogod in northern Ukraine. Just 12km away, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear ...

At 1:23 and 48 seconds on April 26, 1986, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded - and then exploded again just seconds later. In this video, we break down the RBMK reactor ...

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union.

12:00, Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Updated: 12:06, Wed, Apr 15, 2026 It all started with the push of a simple button. The Chernobyl disaster – the worst nuclear accident in history, which occurred 40 years ago ...

In the spring of 1986, nuclear power was called the energy of the future. In the Soviet Union, it stood as a symbol of technological strength and national pride. But that pride belied massive systemic ...

Concrete crumbling like sand, their faces burning red from the radiation. Sky News speaks to Chernobyl workers who did everything they could to prevent a second explosion forty years ago.

Collider recently ranked the “10 Best Miniseries From the Last 10 Years,” which is an excellent resource for anyone looking to binge-watch a new show in a single day. Making t ...