On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant experienced a catastrophic explosion, leading to the worst nuclear accident in history. This disaster released a radioactive plume ...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, The Mirror visits Bala, Wales, where pollution from the horror blast caused years of upheaval for the peaceful farming community, and left a devastating leg ...

In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of ...

Members of the Chernobyl nuclear plant staff carry candles at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the 1986 nuclear disaster, during a night commemorative service to mark ...

Polish meteorologists have recalled their response to the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown 40 years ago, saying the accident in then-Soviet Ukraine caused a spike in radioactivity over Poland but was ...

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor ...

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart. The first, on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation that raised fears across Europe and some say hastened the ...