INSAG stands by the general conclusions of INSAG-1 about the accident’s causes and their implications for the safety of the Chernobyl type light water cooled graphite moderated RBMK reactors. However, ...

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...

Unlike Chernobyl in Ukraine ... up in the reactor after a series of safety blunders. The reactors had a graphite core with uranium rods. They were air-cooled through two 410ft chimneys.

But this led to the actual deactivation of the plant’s safety systems which created a massive steam explosion and an open-air ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — There is a massive scar on the only thing standing between a decades-old nuclear disaster and the potential for another. The tomb burying the remains of the catastrophic ...

If you've never heard the name Ulana Khomyuk prior to the release of the HBO series "Chernobyl," you're not alone. While most of the show's characters were based on real-life participants in the ...