Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, ...

At 1:23 and 48 seconds on April 26, 1986, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded - and then exploded again just seconds later. In this video, we break down the RBMK reactor ...

Forty years after the reactor explosion, the wildlife around Chernobyl has recovered in strange and unexpected ways.

In November 2016, a massive metal dome was erected over the remains of the reactor paid for with almost 2.5 billion dollars ...

A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images The steel structure sealing off the ...

Foreign ministers from the G7 are discussing a major effort to repair damage to the protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chernobyl ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...

The protective shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant can no longer contain radioactive material from the sites’ 1986 disaster after being crippled in a drone strike, the UN nuclear watchdog said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.Volodymyr ...

A steel shield preventing radiation spread from the Chernobyl site isn't working as intended anymore. The IAEA said on Friday that the New Safe Confinement shelter had "lost its primary safety ...