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 energy agency said no casualties were reported after an overnight blast at the former Chernobyl nuclear plant. It also said radiation levels at the site remained normal. An explosion caused a ...

Chilling snaps reveal a massive hole cut into the Chernobyl power plant after an alleged Russian strike rocked the site. President Zelensky accused Russia, stating: "A Russian strike drone with a ...

KIEV, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that an explosion sounded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) site overnight. "The IAEA team at the Chernobyl ...

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 ...

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

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine — (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine -- A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure ...

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Nuclear power became a hot topic this week as President Trump floated a plan to make Ukraine’s energy grid great again by bringing in US “electricity and utility expertise” to take over its ...