A large area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was vacated as a result of the accident that shocked the world in 1986 was called the "exclusion zone". At that time, Chernobyl and its ...

Hisashi Ouchi would a fatal dose of radiation while working at Japan's Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant, dying 83 days later.

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

The most famous image of the Elephant’s Foot was taken in 1996 by Artur Korneyev (sometimes translated as Korneev), a ...

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

“Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological disaster ... ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (AFP via Getty) Scientists have been studying ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was ... zone and preventing a second explosion from happening inside the nuclear power plant itself.

The most irradiated human in history suffered one of the most painful deaths ever. Hisashi Ouchi worked at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant, and on 30 September, 1999, his life, and how power plants ...

In the popular imagination, nuclear power plants conjure fears of catastrophic explosions and radiation leaks, such as the ...

It’s getting hotter — and more expensive to stay cool — in the island nation. Will it become the first in Southeast Asia to ...

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has given approval for the commissioning of the Solid Waste Retrieval Facility and Solid Waste Processing Plant at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

Much of the public is afraid of nuclear power. Four or five high-profile disasters over the last century — not to mention the ...