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The scene of Ukraine’s worst disaster became the battleground of one of its first victories against Russia.

Memorial services were held in Ukraine and elsewhere on April 26 to mark the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

On this day in 1979, a nuclear reactor at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania experienced a partial meltdown due to a combination of equipment malfunctions, operator errors, and design flaws. As a result, radioactive gas was released into the environment, and the plant had to be shut...

The 1986 nuclear accident led to distinct genetic changes in feral dogs and their descendants living in the exclusion zone, a study found.

The under-construction Rooppur nuclear plant is expected to cater to 15 million households.

Ukrainians no longer ask if their country will be hit by Russia with nuclear weapons

Our work reveals that Chernobyl tree frogs have a much darker colouration than frogs captured in control areas outside the zone.

KYIV (AP) — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission Monday to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine,

Serhii Plokhy’s book sheds grim light on a new kind of Russian roulette.

Unseen footage from the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster will be shown in HBOs new documentary Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes.