April marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Find out more about what happened and the effects of the explosion here.

IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the catastrophic explosion. They charged straight into the ...

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

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

Failure to repair the protective structure around the nuclear site could unleash 'highly radioactive dust' that 'does not recognise borders', experts warn. View on euronews ...

On 1986, Swedish scientists detected high levels of radiation, bringing to light the reactor explosion that occurred two days ...

The Greenpeace, an international environmental organisation founded in 1971, has warned of radioactivity risk at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after its shell got damaged. The warning comes days ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...

On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster.

Sky's Chernobyl TV series is ranked as one of the top five IMDb shows of all time, and it is free to watch for the first time ever ...

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