On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

A legion of Ukrainian workers regularly commutes into the exclusion zone from the nearby city of Slavutych, built after the ...

The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a ...

thermal image monitoring will continue and emergency workers, including climbers, will remain on site in case they are required. It said that the next step will be analysis of the damage to the ...

WASHINGTON--One week after the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded in April 1986, Soviet contacts called Carnegie Mellon University robot researcher William ("Red") Whittaker to ask for help in saving ...

In episode four of the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," Soviet officials assess the damage of a 1986 power-plant explosion, which released plumes of radioactive material into the air. The roof of the ...