Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

In the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," the Soviet nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk (a composite character played by Emily Watson) realizes that there's been a massive release of radioactive material ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, ...

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world. The half-cylinder-shaped shelter ...

A black fungus thriving inside Chernobyl’s reactor could help shield astronauts from deadly space radiation. Here’s how ...

Leanne Reeve was not born when Chernobyl exploded. But when the Waveney mum heard some of its youngest victims needed help, she did not hesitate. More than 30 years ago the Chernobyl nuclear disaster ...

A structure built to contain hundreds of tonnes of radioactive material from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been unveiled by Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The metal shelter for the ...

A hero of the Chernobyl nuclear tragedy took his own life in Moscow, no longer able to cope with the ravages of radiation poisoning. Plant engineer Viktor Smakov, 75, jumped from a balcony on his high ...

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly ...

CHERNOBYL has come to an end and ever since the series aired at the beginning of May, viewers have been wondering whether Iodine pills actually do reduce radiation sickness. Here’s everything you need ...