Radiation sickness happens when a large dose of high-energy radiation goes through your body and reaches your internal organs. It takes far more than what you might get from any medical treatment ...

Engineers at Chernobyl, Ukraine, are close to finishing a new state-of-the-art protective shelter over the remains of reactor no. 4, the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.

Nine crewmembers died from radiation exposure, and 83 others were injured, including 40 with acute radiation sickness. The submarine was deemed unsalvageable and was eventually scuttled in Novaya ...

As of 21:00 local time on Thursday, background radiation levels around the Chernobyl NPP do not exceed the norm MOSCOW, February 24 /TASS/. Radiation levels measured around Ukraine’s Chernobyl ...

In episode four of the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," Soviet officials assess the damage of a 1986 power-plant explosion, which released plumes of radioactive material into the air. The roof of the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, damaged sarcophagus that covers the destroyed fourth reactor of ...

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 ...