Forty years after the reactor explosion, the wildlife around Chernobyl has recovered in strange and unexpected ways.

(NEW YORK) — Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the worst nuclear accident in history. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers inadvertently set ...

Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident forced families to leave Pripyat in a rush, two brothers returned to the place they once knew by heart. As they approached their childhood apartment building, ...

KIEV, Ukraine - An international effort to seal the destroyed remains of the nuclear reactor that exploded in Ukraine 30 years ago is finally close to completion, and remarkably, considering the ...

The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is now sealed off from the world, and should finally be safe for the foreseeable future. Why did it take so long? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of the men who were sent to the site in ...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is marking the 30th anniversary of an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world's worst nuclear disaster. A vigil was held at midnight on Monday in the Ukrainian ...

Exactly three decades ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent a radioactive cloud across Europe. Within weeks, nearly 100,000 people who lived in a large zone ...