A large forest fire is spreading through the Chernobyl exclusion zone after a drone struck the area yesterday. Though the fire is serious, those on the ground say the risk of radioactive contamination ...

A wildfire spanning at least five square miles broke out inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Friday after two drones crashed near the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, according to ...

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found. Reading time 3 minutes The most expensive nuclear disaster in human history ...

Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the ...

The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." But the underlying science didn't actually show any genetic differences were caused ...

The remains of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant can be seen last year from the upper floors of the Polissya Hotel in Pripyat, which was used by officials and specialists during the response to the ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation and the long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident. In ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As Ukrainians mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, last year’s Russian drone attack ...