After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an enormous emergency response. Thousands of workers, soldiers, and specialists ...

After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

In Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a profound impact on nuclear safety management.

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The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant -- partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown -- lost power on Wednesday after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said. The UN's atomic energy ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 1 accused Russia of intentionally creating a risk of nuclear incidents after a drone attack cut off power to the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear ...

The worst nuclear disaster in history was handled poorly, Donvan says. March 17, 2011— -- Though there are complaints that too little information is getting out about Japan's nuclear power plant, ...