Anton Honchanka was one of thousands of people affected by the 1986 nuclear disaster who came to the UK.

Nearly 40 years after Italy abandoned nuclear power following the Chernobyl disaster, Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government is ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

Radiation affects air, soil, and water differently, and its behavior can even vary depending on the type of plant.

As millions fled Ukraine, one story cut through the chaos: Maria Pratenko, a university professor and former lead architect ...

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, Ukraine — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine remains one of the most ...

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Thousands of hectares of Chernobyl-affected farmland, long deemed too dangerous for cultivation in northern Ukraine can safely return to production, according to new research. The study, led by the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What has happened to the wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone? The ...