In the Ukrainian capital, the 'Chernobyl House' shelters survivors of the 1986 nuclear disaster, now confronted with Russian ...

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The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

Chernobyl, Ukraine — After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 40 years ago Sunday, more than 300,000 people fled the towns surrounding the destroyed Unit 4 reactor that spewed lethal radiation. In 2019, ...

A recent announcement that 177 cities, towns and villages will lose their “contaminated” status on January 1, 2027 affects some 566,400 people from a total of 930,600 living on Belarusian territory ...

A recent Associated Press article vastly underestimated the human death toll from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power disaster in the former USSR at between 9,000 and 90,000 when it may be closer to 1 ...

Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that some radioactive particles released during ...

Vladimir Putin faces compounding crises as a Siberian plague researcher's death adds to the Ukraine war toll and Russia's faltering economy.

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...