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 UN's nuclear watchdog (the IAEA) said radiation levels inside and outside Chernobyl were normal and stable - but later the plant's chief engineer, Oleksandr Titarchuk, said the possibility of ...

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” the IAEA said on X. Speaking on Telegram, Zelenskyy said the Chernobyl strike showed that Putin "is certainly not preparing for ...

Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

Authorities said radiation levels remain normal after a drone set fire to the shelter that contains radiation from the site of the largest nuclear disaster in history. Photo: Ukrainian ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION ... The Kremlin denied it was responsible. Radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv region — site of the world’s worst nuclear accident — have ...

Chernobyl-affected regions are gradually returning to the path of sustainable development and increasing their contribution to the economy, First Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Kartun said.

A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant ... The Kremlin denied it was responsible. Radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv ...