Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of ...

Chernobyl was one of the worst human-caused disasters in history, a stunning example of what can happen when you combine arrogance, dangerous technology, and international politics. But the true story ...

Ukrainian technicians are restoring electricity to the Chernobyl power plant to keep an eye on radiation levels at the infamous facility, according to an international nuclear energy monitor. Rafael ...

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy, W.W. Norton & Company, 240 pages, $29.99 The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic ...

As the battle for Ukraine enters its third week, the specter of Chernobyl, site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, returns to haunt us. A few hours after the Russian invasion started, early on Feb ...