Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the Elephant's Foot still sits underground. This radioactive mass formed from melted nuclear fuel poses ongoing risks. Scientists continue to monitor ...

The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in ...

The Japanese government has withheld an investigative report it compiled on health effects from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe despite spending 50 million yen on the survey in the wake of the ...

After the Chernobyl disaster, humans fled—but animals stayed. Inside the exclusion zone, radiation twisted bodies, damaged DNA, and left visible marks on birds, insects, and mammals. Some species ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays? In May 1997, Nelli Zhdanova entered one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to ...

Chad Gracia’s award-winning 2015 documentary, The Russian Woodpecker, addresses the legacy of trauma caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The film documents the investigative journey of Fedor ...

The dome built over the remains of the Chernobyl disaster has been damaged, raising fears it may no longer be able to contain radioactive material. Officially known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC), ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

Nataliia Khodemchuk’s husband Valery died in the initial explosion at Reactor 4 in 1986 - State Agency of Ukraine of on Exclusion Zone Management The widow of the first victim of the Chernobyl ...