On April 26, 1986, during a poorly managed safety test and partly due to inherent defects in the plant, reactor number 4 at ...

The crew at the nuclear power plant wanted to test the reactor's behavior during a power failure, triggering the most serious nuclear accident.

Exactly 40 years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was destroyed in the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen. But what would happen if it occurred in the UK today?

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, UK nuclear experts have modelled the potential fallout of a similar-scale accident at one of Britain’s reactors. While such an event is deemed highly ...

At a global energy conference in March in Houston, Landry unveiled his nuclear energy strategy for the state. It seeks to ...

Mufasa: The Lion King tells the story of how one lion became the brave king of Pride Rock. Director Barry Jenkins and the ...

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation and the long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident. In ...

Ukrainians gathered to honour those who died from the accident, as well as the hundreds of thousands who cleaned up after the disaster, exposing themselves to high levels of radiation. As Ukraine ...

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, ...

Failure to repair the protective structure around the nuclear site could unleash 'highly radioactive dust' that 'does not recognise borders', experts warn. A potential collapse of the internal ...