Chernobyl Disaster

Ukrainian firefighters battle two blazes near Chernobyl nuclear power plant; over 60 acres of forest affected

The Chernobyl nuclear plant was evacuated in 1986 following an explosion that caused radioactive contamination.

Ukraine clings to nuclear power to meet energy requirements despite Chernobyl trauma

Ukraine is still suffering from the trauma of the world's worst civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl but has nonetheless turned the hazardous fuel into the backbone of its energy portfolio.

Chernobyl: Of Abandoned towns and lives that are still at risk 30 years on

ven after the last person who was alive on the day of the explosion dies, other deaths may be attributable to Chernobyl because of the radiation fallout that has entered the food chain

Korea conflict could lead to disaster worse than Chernobyl: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern on Monday about the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and said conflict there could cause greater devastation than the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

Ukraine marks 26th anniversary of Chernobyl

Ukraine's president thanked donors for financing the construction of a new, safer shelter over the damaged Chernobyl reactor on the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima

Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their homes — unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside a wide no-go zone.

Japan praised for post nuclear measures in Fukushima

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency has said that Japanese efforts to contain radiation exposure in and around Fukushima have been exemplary thus far.