Forty years after Chernobyl changed history forever, discover 17 fascinating and heartbreaking facts about the world’s worst ...

The eyewitnesses of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in modern-day Ukraine, also known as the "Chernobyl liquidators", recalled the horrors of the nuclear plant accident on the disaster's 35th anniversary.

Chernobyl's nuclear plant still stands frozen in time 40 years later, preserving the scars of disaster while shaping the ...

Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety situations.

A frozen world, sealed in time. Earth, as it was known, changed on April 26, 1986, at 1.23am, when the night split open. Inside Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a routine safety ...

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 ...

(April 26), a safety test at the Chernobyl Power Plant in Ukraine set off two explosions, triggering the world’s biggest ...

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 ...

In the initial aftermath of the nuclear power plant explosion, authorities told the bride's mother "not to panic" and that "all planned events in the city of Pripyat should go ahead" Getty A couple ...