A recent drone attack on Chernobyl is a reminder of the nuclear threat remaining there. One wrong move could trigger a ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...

Engineers at Chernobyl, Ukraine, are close to finishing a new state-of-the-art protective shelter over the remains of reactor no. 4, the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.

Born in Belarus in 1990, Khvitsko’s legs never fully developed due to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. She grew up wanting to run but couldn’t, due to the high cost ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the ...

LVIV, Ukraine--Ukraine said on Wednesday there was a danger of a radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after electricity was cut off to the plant, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog saw ...

Scientists at The Ohio State University have created a new type of battery that uses radiation from nuclear waste to produce electricity. The device works by combining special crystals ...

Radiation levels outside Chernobyl are still normal, the I.A.E.A. and Ukrainian nuclear regulators say. But it is unclear how the shield will be fixed, how much it will cost and how long it will take.

In 1986 in Ukraine, a power failure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meant the chain reaction went out of control, causing explosions. In both of these cases, a lot of radiation leaked into ...

Many of us don’t think too much about radiation levels ... models for use in nuclear accidents. Pictured is the spread of the radioactive plume after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Following the 1986 Chernobyl ... classrooms outside the nuclear plant. Those areas aren't considered dangerous anymore; in fact, you'd probably receive a higher dose of radiation from the flight ...

In 1986 in Ukraine, a power failure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meant the chain reaction went out of control, causing explosions. In both of these cases, a lot of radiation leaked into ...