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 ...

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 ...

Of all the places destroyed by nuclear disasters, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion is one of the worst. Today, Chernobyl and the exclusion zone are considered one of the most ...

When a routine procedure went wrong in October 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria, UK.

Memories of radiation in Europe after the 1986 accident provide a stark lesson for those supporting nuclear power in Australia ...