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 ...

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

The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Watch the horror moment the drone struck in our video player A RUSSIAN drone has slammed into the Chernobyl power plant and exploded in a horror attack on the nuclear disaster zone raising fears of a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...