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, ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to an alternate-history scenario exploring what could have happened if the Chernobyl disaster had ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh ...

Pope Leo XIV called for responsible use of atomic energy on Sunday, the 40 th anniversary of the Soviet-era disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. More than two dozen people died in ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that ...

Even nearly 40 years after the 1986 accident, a person can only stand near this object for a few dozen seconds.Deep beneath the basement of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

Memories of ChernobylApril 26, 1986.A major accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union, in what is now Ukraine.I was six years old at the time.I vaguely remember ...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power ...

Forty years after the nuclear disaster, an exhibition in Milan investigates what is happening to animals, plants, and ...

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Chernobyl exclusion zone, March 16, 2026; Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ...