CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — A group of liquidators, who played a crucial role in the cleanup of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, returned to the site ahead of the 40th anniversary of the explosion that ...

April 26, 1986. An explosion and fire occurred at Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet ...

A frozen world, sealed in time. Earth, as it was known, changed on April 26, 1986, at 1.23am, when the night split open. Inside Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a routine safety ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, soldiers, firefighters, ...

At his April 29 general audience, Pope Leo XIV met with over 45 members of the nuclear cleanup crew who worked in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The president of the Chernobyl-Fukushima ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- A quarter-century after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion, a week of meetings on the world's worst nuclear accident pressed home the message that the Chernobyl cleanup will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of former cleanup workers who returned to Chernobyl ahead of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster, revisited ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) - The memory of the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident was honored in Minsk on 26 April. Chernobyl clean-up workers, heads and employees of various ...

After the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, scientists explored using sunflowers for radioactive cleanup. Sunflowers ...

As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured the public's angst and imagination quite like Chernobyl. In the intervening years, Chernobyl has ...

Can we ever really understand Chernobyl? As a researcher in visual culture, I find myself returning to this question again and again as I examine films, TV shows, documentaries, visual novels and ...