April 26 marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1986 radiation disaster at Chernobyl reactor Number 4 in Ukraine, just north of Kiev the capital. It is still nearly impossible to get scientific consensus ...

A: The Chernobyl disaster confirmed everyone’s worst nightmares about the awesome power of nuclear reactions. When the Ukrainian reactor collapsed, the radioactive fallout profoundly contaminated the ...

In April of 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded. To this day, it’s the ...

Direct radiation exposure caused DNA breaks that led to thyroid cancer, but didn't impact future children. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. Parents ...

Kate Brown, a history professor at the University of Maryland, gave a talk at Luce Hall on Tuesday night focusing on the lasting health and ecological impacts of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In 1986, ...

Limited temporary repairs have been carried out on the roof, but timely and comprehensive restoration remains essential to prevent further degradation and ensure long-term nuclear safety,” warned ...

Chernobyl, which is currently a town in the north of Ukraine, is infamous for the largest nuclear disaster in history when the town's nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown on April 26, 1986. A ...

Russian soldiers gave up control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant earlier this month. Troops stationed there will "feel the consequences" of radiation poisoning soon, a Ukrainian official said.

(Kiev, Ukraine-AP) April 18, 2006 - Greenpeace has issued a report that says more than 90,000 people are likely to die of cancers caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. That's a far ...

Alexey Yablokov with the author, Chris Busby. Photo: ECRR. There will be many obituaries published about Alexey V. Yablokov, the extraordinary Russian scientist, activist and human being, but I would ...