Germán Orizaola receives funding from the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (SUBV/29-2021) and the British Ecological Society (SR20-1169). Pablo Burraco receives funding from the Spanish Ministry of ...

The April 26, 1986 explosion of the Number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is often considered to be the worst nuclear disaster in history, one that has been covered countless times.

Mutant wolves that roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study.

Chernobyl’s doctor ... and aerial radiation monitoring * A team of coal miners who built a protective foundation to prevent radioactivity from entering the aquifer below the reactor ...

Almost 40 years after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, hundreds of feral dogs still live in the abandoned area surrounding the ruins of the Ukrainian power station. The canine population is now ...

Scientists shared a look into how radiation exposure affects generations. A population of wild dogs living near the Chernobyl exclusion zone is now giving scientists a glimpse into how long-term ...

Almost 40 years after the Chernobyl accident, scientists found lasting effects in its frog population - but they had a plan. Scientists in Chernobyl have discovered the nuclear disaster has had ...

The coal miners who worked tirelessly to stop the already bad situation ... As predicted by Legasov, he died in less than five years after he set foot on Chernobyl. Valery Legasov was a premier ...

Everyone from “soldiers to miners” attempted to contain the radiation at Chernobyl, not necessarily understanding how unsafe it was. Meanwhile, the public was in the dark about both the ...

Russian troop activity at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant since February has led to an elevated risk of an accident or harmful radiation exposure. Ukraine regained control of the site near ...

“One of the atomic reactors has been damaged,” a Radio Moscow broadcast announced about the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 28, 1986—nearly three days after the accident. “Measures are being ...