COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion.

Fourteen years after the world's worst peacetime nuclear disaster, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been shut down. At about 6 a.m. EST Friday, Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma ordered the ...

in Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. 31 people died as a direct result of trying to keep the fire from spreading to the plant's three other operating reactors.

The 2,600-square-kilometre (1,000-square-mile) Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was established after the April 1986 disaster at the plant that sent a cloud of radioactive fallout over much of Europe.

Chernobyl is widely considered the worst nuclear disaster in world history. “This isn’t a Chernobyl scenario,” author Aimen Dean posted to X.

Explore the incredible story behind Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement, from the challenges of building the world’s largest movable object to its role in containing nuclear fallout.

The US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities may not spark a Chernobyl-style disaster, but experts warn of real risks closer to home especially for India. With the jetstream blowing eastward ...

Chernobyl was famously the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986, with radioactive fallout spewing over a large part of Europe.

On its 15th anniversary, the Chernobyl disaster is being remembered by Ukrainians as a national tragedy, with President Leonid Kuchma due to visit the now-defunct nuclear plant. Between 15 000 and ...