The so-called exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was once home to some 120,000 people, who were evacuated following the reactor meltdown at in 1986.

More than 30 years after the catastrophic nuclear accident that led to 31 directly-related deaths and is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in recorded history, Chernobyl is getting ...

Untouched:A visitor touring the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant takes a photo through a window looking towards facilities that house Reactors Nos. 1 and 2.

The structure was placed on top of the plant's reactor No. 2. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said that the new shelter, which costs about 1.5 billion euros, measures 843 feet ...

What was supposed to be a standard safety test, ended up with the explosion of reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear ...

The Chernobyl plant is the site of the world’s first level 7 nuclear energy accidents, when Reactor 4 suffered a power surge resulting in steam explosions and a meltdown on April 26, 1986.

A Russian drone struck the containment shell protecting the radioactive reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine claimed Friday morning causing significant damage. The protective ...

On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl plant suffered the worst nuclear accident in history when a power runaway event wrecked reactor 4. The three remaining reactor units, however, were vital to Ukraine's ...

Before the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP, spelled ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) disaster in 1986, there had been little need for radiation-resistant robots to venture into high-risk … ...

The world's worst nuclear accident, at Chernobyl in April 1986, was all the more alarming for taking place under a veil of secrecy, behind the Iron Curtain. One of four reactors at the Chernobyl ...

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (formerly part of the Soviet Union) exploded, creating what many consider the worst nuclear disaster the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone slammed into the shell covering the remains of Chernobyl’s reactor No. 4 — the same one that exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing ...