The devastation caused by the 1986 Ukraine Nuclear disaster was wide-ranging and long-lasting. In the aftermath of the incident, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was left in near-ruins, the population ...

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, has documented the lasting impact of the Chernobyl disaster since the catastrophic event on April 26, 1986. Living in Kyiv at the ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

People streamed in from different parts of the city to place candles on a large radiation hazard symbol as they marked the ...

The Chernobyl disaster became one of the most significant events in the history of nuclear energy and had lasting effects on ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...

MINSK, 24 April (BelTA) - Belarus has made significant efforts to tackle radioactive pollution following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, CIS First Deputy Secretary General Igor Petrishenko said during ...

Chernobyl, Ukraine — After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 40 years ago Sunday, more than 300,000 people fled the towns surrounding the destroyed Unit 4 reactor that spewed lethal radiation. In 2019, ...

Pope Leo XIV called for responsible use of atomic energy on Sunday, the 40 th anniversary of the Soviet-era disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. More than two dozen people died in ...

GOMEL, 9 April (BelTA) – Belarus has managed not only to survive the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident but also to revive the affected lands, Vice Governor of Gomel Oblast Dmitry ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...