The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the ...

Ukraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant – the worst civilian ...

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

The Chornobyl disaster was called the worst nuclear accident in history, occurring 40 years ago this weekend, on April 26, ...

Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

Thousands have since succumbed to ​radiation-related illnesses such as cancer, although the total death toll and long-term ...

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable ...

Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday amid lingering fears that ​Russia's 4-year-old war could spark a repeat of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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 ...

A routine safety test, a sudden surge, and within seconds, the world changed forever. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl ...

Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing ...

It is 40 years ago today since an explosion ripped through Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, causing the ...