Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety situations.

Now you can be like the rest of us former J. editors: We still read every edition and ask why the writer left out pertinent ...

Tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes and nuclear meltdowns highlight the most effective depictions of disaster on screen ...

The Belarusian Council of Ministers endorsed the draft Union State program for Belarus-Russia joint efforts to address the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr ...

In 1986, a routine safety test inside Reactor 4 in Pripyat turned into one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The ...

A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear ...

"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am.

Looking at formerly top secret communication between the KGB and Stasi, it is clear that despite publicly insisting everything was under control, both intelligence agencies knew the explosion was ...

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 ...

Forty years ago a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine tore itself apart during a failed test, triggering the worst violent release of radioactive debris into the atmosphere.

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found.

Tributes have been paid to those who risked their lives tackling the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in 1986, with a fundraising process launched for ongoing safety work at an international ...