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 steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a ...

A legion of Ukrainian workers regularly commutes into the exclusion zone from the nearby city of Slavutych, built after the ...

The worst nuclear accident in history, the Chernobyl disaster ... The aftermath The disaster led to the death of two workers, and over 100 people were affected. Soon after, around 115,000 people ...

WASHINGTON--One week after the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded in April 1986, Soviet contacts called Carnegie Mellon University robot researcher William ("Red") Whittaker to ask for help in saving ...

Chernobyl explores the aftermath and problem ... it was estimated that about 30 plant staff members and emergency workers died just four months after the accident; several of these deaths are ...