Prompt radiation is emitted within moments of a nuclear detonation. Radioactive particles deposited in soil, water and ...

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s strong ...

CNBC’s Brian Sullivan looks at how the nuclear industry is recovering from the reputational fallout of the Chernobyl disaster, and why AI is putting nuclear back in the spotlight. Got a confidential ...

PINE trees near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine are altering their DNA in response to the radioactive fallout from the reactor accident in 1986. The changes act as a defence mechanism that ...

A closer look at the science behind Chernobyl nuclear fallout in part 1, with a clear, educational explanation of what ...

Understanding the nuances of nuclear fallout—whether from a nuclear weapon or accident—could help save countless lives. A new study from scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and briefly ...