Shutterstock When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, it was a terrifying event for people around the world. As ...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but ...

Experts fear military activity could cause radioactive material to spread. As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, ...

The Chernobyl disaster is one of the worst nuclear accidents in history and the area still remains radioactive to this day.

HBO and Sky UK’s miniseries Chernobyl is not the first attempt to depict the namesake nuclear disaster, but it is the most convincing one, distilling thorough research into an elaborate story. A major ...

The damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant is threatening to become a danger again. According to Ukrainian sources, further ...

Following the Chernobyl accident Belarus inherited a huge territory of contaminated land, resettled villages, broken destinies of people. Aleksandr Lukashenko has regularly visited Gomel Oblast both ...

(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 ...