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Ukraine shares video it says proves Russian troops dug trenches in Chernobyl, disturbing radioactive soil
An undated video shared by Ukrainian military on Twitter shows dug-up soil in a forest a few miles …
Marianne Guenot
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UN watchdog opens investigation after Ukraine said Russian troops at Chernobyl got sick from high radiation levels
Ukrainian officials said Russian troops at the plant suffered from "significant doses of radiation"…
Sophia Ankel
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Chernobyl scientists accused looters of stealing radioactive material from labs there
The experts said a small amount of radioactive calibration material and radioactive waste was missi…
Marianne Guenot
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Russian troops got 'significant doses of radiation' after digging trenches around Chernobyl, Ukrainian power authority says
Ukraine's state nuclear agency confirmed that Russian troops dug trenches in the highly radioactive…
Jake Epstein
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Russian recklessness around Ukraine's nuclear sites has Norway telling its citizens to 'dust off' their fallout shelters
"Ukraine has the most production of nuclear power in Europe and if an accident happens we will all …
Abbie Shull
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Workers at Chernobyl site say Russian soldiers drove through the highly-radioactive 'Red Forest' with no protective gear
Two unnamed Ukrainian workers told Reuters that Russian soldiers drove armored vehicles through the…
Marianne Guenot
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Russian troops starting to withdraw from Chernobyl, a US defence official said
An unnamed US defense official told AFP that Russian troops were "walking away from the Chernobyl f…
Marianne Guenot
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Chernobyl workers are blasting the Ukrainian national anthem every morning to defy their Russian captors, WSJ reported
More than 200 staffers at the site of the world's worst nuclear-power disaster have reportedly been…
Natalie Musumeci
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Ukrainian technicians have begun to restore electricity in Chernobyl after Russian forces took control of the site
Prolonged loss of power in Chernobyl would mean that there could be uncontained radioactive leakage…
Yelena Dzhanova
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World nuclear monitor says it lost contact with radiation monitoring systems at Chernobyl, 13 days after Russia captured it
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" about how Russia had …
Marianne Guenot
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Map shows Ukraine's 15 active nuclear reactors, including the 6-reactor complex just captured by Russia
Ukraine has a total 15 active nuclear reactors, six at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which w…
Marianne Guenot
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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market
Trying to create a fusion reaction on Earth is tricky. Trying to control it and harness it in a pow…
Jenny McGrath
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Despite Ukrainian fears, nuclear experts say fighting near Chernobyl unlikely to cause major radiation threat
Nuclear experts said they weren't concerned about a major release of radiation at Chernobyl, the si…
Aria Bendix
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Ukraine says radiation levels around Chernobyl are increasing after Russia captured it
Russian forces seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site on Thursday. Russia previously…
Bill Bostock
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White House is 'outraged' over reports that staff at Chernobyl have been taken hostage by Russian forces
Psaki said the hostage-taking could hurt efforts to maintain Chernobyl, which is contaminated with …
Kelsey Vlamis
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A remote-working employee of the world's biggest nuclear power plant left important documents on the roof of his car before driving off. It could delay a Tepco plant restart.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has been offline since 2012 due to safety lapses and str…
Huileng Tan
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Ukraine ambassador to the UK says Russian invasion could spark nuclear disasters like Chernobyl
Russia is building up troops along its border with Ukraine, and the US and Ukraine are warning Russ…
Sinéad Baker
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Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.
Although the intense imagery suggests Ohio might have a mini Chernobyl on its hands, the scale of C…
Hannah Getahun
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Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering again and there's a 'possibility' of another accident, scientists say
Researchers at the site of the catastrophic 1986 nuclear explosion in Ukraine have detected a spike…
Joshua Zitser
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'Chernobyl' star Paul Ritter, who also had roles in Harry Potter and James Bond movies, dies at 54
Paul Ritter's agent said in a statement that he died at home with his family on Monday, and had suf…