The Chernobyl disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping global ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to raise about 500 million euros (586 million U.S. dollars) to repair the confinement structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...

In a nutshell: A massive containment structure meant to keep the Chernobyl ruins stable for decades may now be critically compromised. New IAEA inspections point to war-related damage that could ...

On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the r ...

Decades after the infamous 1986 explosion at Chernobyl, a 2025 drone attack by Russian forces reignites safety concerns at the site, now symbolizing Ukraine's ongoing struggles. The attack damaged the ...

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart. The first, on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to ...

Warnings are mounting over the structural integrity of the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with experts cautioning that a critical containment structure is at risk of collapse, ...

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although the immediate attack didn’t pose a radiological threat, a new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) states that the ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear ...