Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.
In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...
Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...
These 20 pictures capture the aftermath of the infamous 1986 Chernobyl incident—effects that are, in some cases, still felt ...
The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the ...
IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the ...
In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near ...
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster devastated what is now Ukraine in 1986. Now, after three decades, the Elephant's Foot is still ...
RUSSIAN missiles flying near to the Chernobyl nuclear plant are risking a “major accident”, Ukraine has said. A top state ...
Russia has been launching drones and missiles on a flight path near the disused Chernobyl nuclear plant during attacks on ...
The world’s rarest horses have found an unlikely home in one of Earth’s most contaminated places – and they’re thriving.
Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.