Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New Scientist has gained exclusive access to learn how vital work to decontaminate t ...

Forty years after the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, those who were at the very centre recall the deadly details.

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, POWER visits the site to document the decommissioning effort and ...

The anniversary falls on April 26, 2026, marking 40 years since the worst technological disaster in Europe — the accident at ...

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Dennis Daily: It may take a century for the reactor to cool. On May 25th, millions of Americans in big cities, small towns, and rural areas alike linked hands in what was one of the most ambitious ...

Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly targeting the site during Moscow's full-scale invasion, including in a strike last year ...

Jordan Dunbar explores the human stories behind the 1986 nuclear catastrophe in powerful BBC World Service productions ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

Forty years have passed, and today we have a great deal of experience on how to live and work in the affected territories.

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Somewhere inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, three dogs have turned blue. Not figuratively, but actually blue. Earlier this month, volunteers from Dogs of Chernobyl were out catching strays for ...