PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Could an attack on Ukrainian nuclear facilities cause a disaster greater than Chernobyl? Possibly, simulations show.

Editor’s note: The simulations described in this article do not reflect a current or predicted situation in Ukraine. To stay updated on the current situation at nuclear power plants in Ukraine and ...
Yahoo

What happened at Chernobyl? What to know about nuclear disaster

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burnt trees are seen in the Chernobyl zone close to the Ukraine-Belarus border crossing on Feb. 13, 2022, in Vilcha, Ukraine. On ...
Newsweek

Mushrooms Could Give Researchers Answers on Fallout From Nuclear Explosion

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Swedish mushroom foragers have been asked to aid researchers in their search to find out how much radioactive fallout ...
The Conversation

Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again ...
Time

Chernobyl Experts Say Russia Could Set Off a Nuclear Disaster

The New Safe Confinement sarcophagus covers the destroyed reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power station on November 29, 2016 in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Before Russian troops crossed the ...
The New York Times

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (1986)

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Each day of war risks a ...