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 ...

Irish stars turned out in force on Friday for ‘Liz and Noel’s Chernobyl Lunch’ at the Intercontinental Hotel to raise vital ...

Oleksandr Hryhorash, an inspector at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, warns about the world's inadequate response to Russian nuclear threats, which increases the risk of disaster. According to the ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster looms large in popular culture. It stands as a potent message about the destructive potential of nuclear power, a symbol of Soviet dysfunction, and is to this day one of ...

A reporter who began his journalism career at the Bury Times 32 years ago has returned to the paper. When Neil Brandwood ...

When talking to your child, be sure to present a realistic picture that is both honest and manageable. Be aware that after a disaster, children most fear that:<br /> <br /> ~They will be separated ...

Our work, which focuses on disaster recovery and resilience in children, suddenly felt deeply personal. We are currently studying the effect of wildfires on families and what factors help children ...

It was Britain's worst nuclear disaster, but it is likely you have never heard of it. Unlike Chernobyl in Ukraine, or Fukishima in Japan, Windscale in Cumbria is not vivid in the public imagination.

The survival and resurgence of the region’s fauna is perhaps the only good to have come out of the unrelentingly bleak story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster; it serves as a modest form of atonement, ...