This site is now one of the most radioactive places in the world after it produced around 74 tons of plutonium for the US’s nuclear weapon stockpile. Established in 1943, it was used during the ...

The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl has produced the biggest group of cancers ever from a single incident, according to UK and US scientists. Almost 2,000 cases of thyroid cancer have resulted from the ...

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 ...

Chernobyl was famously the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, with radioactive fallout spewing over a large part of Europe. Its reactors are now encased in a huge protective ...

"We should show Chernobyl to the world: scientists, environmental specialists, historians and tourists. <...> Today I signed a decree, which will launch the process of turning the exclusion zone ...