Shutterstock When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, it was a terrifying event for people around the world. As ...

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), ...

Chernobyl is a historical drama miniseries by HBO, based on the true story of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear disaster in ...

Japanese photographer and film director Seiichi Motohashi, known for documenting villagers living in the aftermath of the ...

As infamous as it is now, it’s easy to forget that the calamity seemed to drift to international attention as if by accident. The word “Chernobyl” has long been synonymous with the catastrophic ...

Amusement parks are usually filled with laughter and excitement. But the one in Chernobyl, located in the abandoned town of Pripyat, offers a chillingly different experience. Rusting rides and a ...

The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...

The United States joined Russia in opposing a United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly resolution to boost international cooperation to mitigate the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...