Background radiation levels in the Chernobyl area vary widely by location. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of things in a science fiction film – green glowing men, deformed animals.

MANDATORY CREDIT. REFILE - CORRECTING DATE The specter of Chernobyl contamination was embodied this week by the action of Russian soldiers who invaded that area of northern Ukraine. A convoy of ...

These attacks have extended to nuclear sites. In February, a Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear ...

A major fire broke out in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl on June 29 when dry grass caught fire, it spread to the area of some 130 hectares KIEV, August 11. /TASS/. Rescuers have been unable ...

Sixty-two-year-old Sergii Mirnyi will never forget the year 1986, when he was sent to help deal with the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl that was threatening to poison the continent. Mirnyi was a ...

MOSCOW, September 8. /TASS/. The area of forest fires in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has exceeded 2,600 hectares, the Ministry of Environmental ...

Trenches dug by the Russian military are seen in an area with high levels of radiation called the Red Forest, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ...