When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...
The fallout from Chernobyl is both vast and ongoing. In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident killed two workers at the plant immediately, and in the following days and weeks, the ...
Chernobyl, which is currently a town in the north of Ukraine, is infamous for the largest nuclear disaster in history when the town's nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown on April 26, 1986. A ...
Timothy Mousseau, a USC professor with a PhD in biology, and his colleagues have begun conducting the only on-site research ...
Russian soldiers gave up control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant earlier this month. Troops stationed there will "feel the consequences" of radiation poisoning soon, a Ukrainian official said.
After the disaster at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986, local residents were forced to permanently evacuate, leaving behind their homes and, in some cases, their pets. Concerned ...
After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...
The radioactive fallout of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster has resulted in the rapid evolution of species nearby. "Skin coloration was darker in localities closest to areas with high ...
Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. The 1986 ...
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, thousands of residents were forced to evacuate the Exclusion Zone, leaving behind pets that eventually formed free-roaming populations. Among them, dogs ...
Tony Blair’s think tank has warned the development of nuclear power is suffering from an unjustified perception of risk in the wake of two major disasters, urging the UK to take advantage of a “new ...