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Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland told to ‘emphasise that the food chain was safeguarded in 1986’ ...

While engineers scramble to patch drone damage at Chernobyl, Ukraine’s president holds ‘substantive’ talks with US envoys.

The catastrophe that unfolded at Chernobyl in 1986 was supposed to be entombed behind layers of concrete and steel, a disaster frozen in time rather than a recurring threat. Now Ukrainian officials ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hard hat gazed at a grey ...

Even nearby explosions could lead to a catastrophic leak after an earlier strike damaged the outer radiation shell.

Russian drone strikes damaged a structure containing remains from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine - one of the largest ...

A study of the dogs in Chernobyl and the surrounding area, both purebred and free-breeding, are genetically different from ...