Today marks 40 years since the worst nuclear accident in history, the explosion at Chernobyl. In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear plant was in the USSR, then one country. Now it's in northern Ukraine. The ...
"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am.
Chernobyl is often presented as evidence that wildlife can flourish in radioactive landscapes.
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Standing just 300 meters from the Chernobyl reactor, radiation levels are still far above normal — nearly four decades after the disaster. This journey follows a rare visit inside the exclusion zone, ...
12:00, Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Updated: 12:06, Wed, Apr 15, 2026 It all started with the push of a simple button. The Chernobyl disaster – the worst nuclear accident in history, which occurred 40 years ago ...
Alexandra Hildebrandt, who lived in Kyiv during the Chernobyl disaster, has called the birth of her 10th child at 66 in ...