Was the Chernobyl disaster preventable? If the RBMK reactor had been designed differently, the explosion that shook the world might never have happened. But what were its fatal design flaws, and why ...

After the disaster at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, scientists working in the ruined remains of reactor four discovered ...

Explore the incredible and nearly impossible task of covering Chernobyl after the devastating nuclear disaster of 1986. The ...

Decades after Soviet nuclear testing, communities living near ‘atomic lakes’ in Kazakhstan confront the legacy of radiation ...

But as the war drags on we are edging towards nuclear disaster, in the view of Mr Plokhy. “We’re getting closer and closer to possible disaster as attacks now continue on Chernobyl ...

Study confirms effective radiation dose to agricultural workers well below Ukraine’s national safety threshold ...

Fears have emerged that groundworks for major renewable projects across the Highlands could be exposing radioactive ...

KYIV - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi had warned of continued nuclear ...

RADIOACTIVE soil from Fukushima will be used outside Japan’s government buildings in a bid to persuade the country that the ...