One of the turning points in history took place on April 26, 1986, when one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Its remembrance day is a stark reminder of nuclear perils and human resilience Every year on April 26, the world pauses to commemorate International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, honouring the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated as huge amounts of radioactive material were thrown into the surrounding ...

T he International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revealed that Ukrainian engineers and workers are carrying out temporary ...

The Chernobyl disaster ... In the US nuclear pools usually hold around six reactor core loads of nuclear fuel and are almost as packed with fuel assemblies as operarting reactors, which increases ...

Scientists have confirmed that the lands around Chernobyl can be cultivated once again. Research indicates that the radiation ...

I first heard of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor breakdown on the morning of ... authorities began evacuating the local Soviet population. “The heart of the reactor—the hot radioactive core—is in ...

They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.

It raises key questions around coolant level measurement technologies, such as noncontacting gravity sensors vs. traditional methods. It helps engineers better understand the economic and logistical ...

Chernobyl disaster left behind a strangely-shaped object which would be deadly to anyone who came close to it.