Concerns are mounting over the potential for another catastrophic nuclear incident as Russia persists in deploying drones and missiles along corridors close to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear facility ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that drone impacts have degraded the Chernobyl steel protective structure so it no longer blocks radiation, sparking fears of a second Chernobyl ...

The United States on Wednesday announced plans to provide up to $100 million to help repair and secure containment systems at ...

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, ...

As the world prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26, Ukraine's top prosecutor has accused Russia of deploying drones and missiles along corridors near the ...

The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart.

On April 26, 1986 — 40 years ago today — a reactor at a Soviet nuclear power station 80 miles from Kiev — now Kyiv, Ukraine — exploded. Much of the radioactive core was vaporized, thrown into the ...

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart in the dead of night.The first, at 1:23 a.m. April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation that raised fears across ...