He was born in Moscow, Russia in April 1997, 11 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. This nuclear meltdown began on April 26, 1986 and led to the largest release of ...

The purpose of this report is to update findings of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group’s Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident (INSAG-1), published ...

Man was born with a deformity after being exposed to Chernobyl nuclear radiation.

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy, W.W. Norton & Company, 240 pages, $29.99 The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic ...

When you think of Chernobyl (or Chornobyl, now), you think of the nuclear accident, of course. But have you ever considered that where there is a nuclear reactor, there is a computer control system?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. The drone hit Chernobyl early Friday, creating a hole in the structure and briefly starting a fire. Kyiv blamed Russia for the attack. The Kremlin has denied ...

The remnants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) A Russian drone attack caused significant damage to the radiation shelter of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant ...

In April 1986, a huge explosion erupted at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine. This series follows the stories of the men and women, who tried to contain the disaster ...

A Russian drone attack hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor, causing a fire that has since been extinguished. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy termed it a ...