The control room of Chernobyl reactor number four has officially been opened to the public. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky made the official announcement in July this year after signing a decree ...

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spiraled into the world’s most catastrophic nuclear disaster. Today's epic minute by minute ...

A Russian drone strike damaged Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement, the protective structure built to contain radioactive remains from the 1986 disaster. While no immediate radiation spike was detected, ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — It was among the most worrying developments on an already shocking day, as Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday: warfare at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, where radioactivity is still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Control panel for Reactor 4 of the dilapidated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year ...