When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to ...

In November 2016, a massive metal dome was erected over the remains of the reactor paid for with almost 2.5 billion dollars ...

The costs of repairing the damaged New Safe Confinement at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine will be "in the order ...

Forty years after the reactor explosion, the wildlife around Chernobyl has recovered in strange and unexpected ways.

Foreign ministers from the G7 are discussing a major effort to repair damage to the protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chernobyl ...

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now ...

Nuclear disaster in Ukraine is only a “matter of time” away as long as the international community fails to take tougher action against Russian recklessness, an expert has warned. On Monday three ...

The Chernobyl power plant has lost its external power supply after a series of Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the IAEA has warned. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of the UN seat in Vienna. epa apa Schlager/APA/dpa The ...

KIEV, April 26 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian computer game that brings to life a town abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster may not sound like everyone's idea of fun but has attracted 60,000 people ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...