While Chernobyl put thousands of lives in danger, nuclear energy is still the safest form of energy. In the United States, ...
When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, the Soviet Union rushed thousands of volunteers into a lethal radiation zone. Among them ...
The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was left without electricity on January 20, sparking concerns about the containment structure sealing the damaged reactor ...
An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are ...
(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...
Damage inflicted by a drone strike on the protective structure surrounding a reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant has left it unable to perform its core safety role, Reuters reported, ...
For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...