Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, experts say growing energy needs and advancing technology are bringing renewed ...

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens. The plant was located 20 kilometres ...

The Chernobyl disaster alerted Soviet leaders to the need for a better “safety culture” within its nuclear program—but the ...

The Chernobyl disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping global ...

When reactor number four at the Chernobyl power plant exploded, debris emanated radiation at a level of 10,000 roentgens per hour - enough to cause a fatal dose to anyone who stood nearby.

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...

In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of ...

"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am.

For 40 years, the residents of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus have grappled with the devastating effects of the ...