The explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine on April 26, 1986 remains the worst nuclear disaster in human history. It left a 30-kilometer ...

A species of black fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, found at the Chernobyl disaster site, has adapted to "feed" on nuclear radiation. The fungus was observed growing on the walls of Reactor 4 ...

A black fungus that's growing in Chernobyl's infamous No. 4 nuclear reactor is absorbing some of its radiation as part of its ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been travelling regularly to the city since 2002. He is now publishing his second book on ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment ... attempt to drain the steam suppression pools beneath the fourth reactor building. The following games let you step into the shoes ...

The response at the site; 4. Radiation protection aspects of the accident; 5. Safety issues to be pursued; 6. General observations and provisional conclusions; 7. Recommendations; Annex: RBMK reactors ...

In 1986, the vehicle was dispatched to the scene of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe and was said to have performed well by the explosion of Reactor No 4 at the nuclear power station. But ...

In the popular imagination, nuclear power plants conjure fears of catastrophic explosions and radiation leaks, such as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. In reality, hundreds of reactors ...

Chernobyl: The Abyss is the first major Russian feature film about the aftermath of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station ... under the burning reactor. They have no time for ...

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer to near-limitless clean energy. Even once researchers can reliably get ...