On February 14, a Russian drone hit the structure, which is called the New Safe Confinement, or NSC, because it is meant to ...

In reality, Chernobyl is less abandoned than outsiders might imagine. The ill-fated nuclear reactor and the containment shell around it require ongoing maintenance. The area as a whole is ...

As one of the world's most infamous disaster sites you can actually tour, those who choose to visit Chernobyl might notice something strange; there's a large population of dogs roaming the area.

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...

MANDATORY CREDIT. REFILE - CORRECTING DATE The specter of Chernobyl contamination was embodied this week by the action of Russian soldiers who invaded that area of northern Ukraine. A convoy of ...

a nuclear-waste-disposal researcher at the University of Sheffield who's been assisting with the Chernobyl cleanup. That might not be the case in certain areas of the Marshall Islands, an area in ...

More than 400 people have been working in shifts since the damage was caused to the giant shelter structure covering the area of Chernobyl's unit 4. International Atomic Energy Agency experts report ...

Trenches dug by the Russian military are seen in an area with high levels of radiation called the Red Forest, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ...

Background radiation levels in the Chernobyl area vary widely by location. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Sixty-two-year-old Sergii Mirnyi will never forget the year 1986, when he was sent to help deal with the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl that was threatening to poison the continent. Mirnyi was a ...

One of the dumber responses to HBO’s just-completed Chernobyl miniseries — discussed ... and plant life in the TMI area, none could be directly correlated to the accident.

They took a Geiger counter to the banks to show how toxic the area is today. Karmanau had long followed the story of Chernobyl, whose radioactive cloud poisoned part of his native Belarus. His leads ...