“They don’t have a protective dome around them, just the normal roof, which means that the reactor’s core is pretty exposed ... agency,” he added. The Chernobyl meltdown left a 2,600 ...

Scientists recently discovered mutant black tree frogs in the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion ... the chain reaction in the core of the nuclear power plant’s reactor Unit 4 went out of control ...

Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.

Narrator: HBO's new miniseries, "Chernobyl," recounts the 1986 nuclear ... thin trails of white vapor that were escaping from the reactor. In episode one, "Game of Thrones" fans might have ...

A full two years before the explosion of Reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl demonstrated the complexity of nuclear power to the general public, he was tinkering with his own virtual version using a string ...

A black fungus that's growing in Chernobyl's infamous No. 4 nuclear reactor is absorbing some of its radiation as part of its ...

It is estimated that about 3 to 4 percent of the total radioactive material in the Chernobyl-4 reactor core was released from the plant, due to the lack of any containment structure. Most of this ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

This year marks Chernobyl’s 25th anniversary ... Longer term impact: Once the core is damaged and seawater is poured over reactors to cool them, Fukushima 1 (and possibly a plant in Tokai ...

Gerald Hirst said the people of Crook were moved to help The shop opened in 1987 in response to the devastation caused when reactor number four at the nuclear power station in Chernobyl ...

But the infamous Reactor 4, where the explosion occurred, remained closed to everyone except researchers, cleanup workers, and a few journalists - until now. Chernobyl tour companies recently told ...