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 ...

As 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Chernobyl, commemorating it as a historical aberration allows Europe to move on without ...

The Chernobyl power plant has lost its external power supply after a series of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the IAEA has warned. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director ...

Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly targeting the Chernobyl site throughout the invasion - Copyright AFP Farooq NAEEM Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly ...

Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have captured Chernobyl, the region in the northern part of Ukraine that saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The news came just hours after ...

Ukraine has warned that Russia lacks the equipment and technical systems needed to safely restart the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest atomic facility. Energoatom CEO Pavlo Kovtoniuk ...

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now ...

CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, ...

It is thought that as many as five million people were exposed to some sort of health hazard following the Chernobyl disaster ...

A Russian strike could collapse the internal radiation shelter at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, the plant's director has told AFP. Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly ...