The Chernobyl disaster is one of the worst nuclear accidents in history and the area still remains radioactive to this day. Check out what happened immediately after the reactors exploded and how some ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to ...

Just a year before the COVID-19 pandemic started, I was half-listening to a podcast when one of the hosts began talking about a new series he had been watching on HBO. He was on episode three, which ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed this week that the New Safe Confinement structure—designed to confine radiation at the ...

The United States joined Russia in opposing a United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly resolution to boost international cooperation to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On ...

In a nutshell: A massive containment structure meant to keep the Chernobyl ruins stable for decades may now be critically compromised. New IAEA inspections point to war-related damage that could ...

A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to ...

Amusement parks are usually filled with laughter and excitement. But the one in Chernobyl, located in the abandoned town of Pripyat, offers a chillingly different experience. Rusting rides and a ...

Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a "0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation." In late 2025, social media users began sharing images ...