Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The example that Chernobyl has provided of how the landscape, water dynamics and human behaviour affect radiation risk will ...

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

For decades, Massachusetts has effectively banned the construction of new nuclear reactors. Now, Governor Maura Healey says ...

Nuclear energy is witnessing a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl, driven by technological advancements and geopolitical ...

Lancaster , In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to ...

In the initial aftermath of the nuclear power plant explosion, authorities told the bride's mother "not to panic" and that ...