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

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

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.

On April 26, 1986, during a poorly managed safety test and partly due to inherent defects in the plant, reactor number 4 at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant exploded. Today, the facility is covered ...

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

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.

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

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spiraled into the ...

It’s a blast from the past. Eerie photos of the infamous nuclear Chernobyl site show the abandoned Ukrainian power plant frozen in time — with a control panel still lit up ahead of the 40th ...

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 ...