In November 2016, a massive metal dome was erected over the remains of the reactor paid for with almost 2.5 billion dollars ...
As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...
For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...
Late on Saturday, American forces launched coordinated strikes on three of Iran’s most significant nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Using bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles ...
The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...
MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but ...