Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union.

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.

Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing, he chose to fight his “first war” against radiation.

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart in the dead of night. The first, at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation that raised fears across ...

ZNPP tells IAEA that one of its facilities, located 1,200 from the plant's perimeter, was hit by shelling and drone strikes.

Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, experts say growing energy needs and advancing technology are bringing renewed ...

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...

It’s a blast from the past. Eerie photos of the infamous nuclear Chernobyl site show the abandoned Ukrainian power plant ...