Swedish mushroom foragers have been asked to aid researchers in their search to find out how much radioactive fallout remains in the country nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. On ...

Chernobyl, the site of the world’s most well-known nuclear disaster, has been essentially abandoned since the infamous reactor meltdown of 1986 — with good reason, as the site has been contaminated by ...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but ...

A Russian drone has struck the vast protective shell covering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine said on Friday. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Wednesday marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats, somberly ...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of ...

Building a nuclear power plant is hard work, and it would be especially more difficult, at least from a public perception point of view, to set it up in Chernobyl. However, a plan is being made to set ...

Images of dogs with bright blue fur near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have left people scratching their heads. These canines are believed to be descendants of pets abandoned in northern Ukraine ...