Chernobyl (2019) is a historical drama miniseries that depicts the aftermath of a nuclear disaster. Scientists, first responders, and government officials all come together to contain a catastrophe ...

“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 ...

The news release was pretty clear. "Chernobyl: The True Scale of the Accident" was the headline. "UN report provides definitive answers" said the subheading. And then, the opening paragraph: "A total ...

HBO's five-part limited series, which debuts Monday, May 6, is about the Chernobyl disaster, a real-life a nuclear meltdown that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in April 1986 following an explosion, a fire ...

On June 29, 1966, the USSR Council of Ministers issued a decree approving a plan for commissioning nuclear power plants through 1977. The document specifically included the construction of nuclear ...

Forty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident forced more than 100,000 people from their homes, the forests around the Chernobyl reactor are teeming with life that was never supposed to return.

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Forty years ago a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine tore itself apart during a failed test, triggering the worst violent release of radioactive debris into the atmosphere.

Despite past fears from Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear energy is re-emerging as a reliable, clean power source. France's ...