Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

Even nearby explosions could lead to a catastrophic leak after an earlier strike damaged the outer radiation shell.

It's well known that too much exposure to radiation is hazardous to living organisms like humans, but nudging along evolution ...

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hard hat gazed at a grey ...

Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of targeting the facility since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February ...

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 ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...