Deep in the ruins of Chernobyl’s Reactor 4 ... melted together in the extreme heat of the nuclear core. The resulting mass hardened into a lump resembling the rough, cracked skin of an elephant ...

Buried deep within Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, the Elephant’s Foot remains one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Formed from molten reactor material, it stands as a grim reminder of nuclear ...

Khomyuk soon traces the source of the radiation to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where the core of a reactor opened on April 26, 1986, sending plumes of radioactive material into the air.

A Russian drone struck the protective bunker above the damaged nuclear plant at Chernobyl, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated. The nighttime attack at the site sparked a fire ...