Thirty-five years ago, radiation alarms went off at the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden. After an investigation, it was determined that the radiation did not come from inside the plant, but ...

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens. The plant was located 20 kilometres ...

The accident led to the abandonment of most atomic projects on the continent. Politicians and analysts are now once again ...

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...

A new theory on the Chernobyl disaster could shed fresh light on the world’s worst nuclear accident. In an article published in the journal Nuclear Technology, scientists argue that the first of two ...

More than three decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Peter Martin and Tom Scott visit the exclusion zone surrounding the plant to map radiation levels using new drone-based ...

My wife and I have been watching the new HBO miniseries on the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. During the second episode, she asked me the question that is probably on everyone's minds as they watch ...

Some disasters don't just destroy '€” they reshape the world forever. Join us as we do a deep dive into the Chernobyl Meltdown, tracing the flawed decisions, systemic failures, and human cost that ...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Sky Atlantic and HBO's Emmy-winning Chernobyl (you can also watch it on NOW TV) is currently horrifying viewers up and ...