Worst ever nuclear disaster Chernobyl caused by pressing one wrong button

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The nuclear incident at Chernobyl spread radiation across Europe and led to political changes that played a role in the ...

Chernobyl's devastating explosion caused by pressing one single button

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT One button was pressed at Chernobyl, but the real horror was how fast ordinary lives turned into ...

More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and ...

40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

Lancaster , In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to ...

Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans

They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t ...

PHOTO ESSAY: Chernobyl liquidators return to where they faced an invisible enemy

Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the ...