Chernobyl was one of the worst human-caused disasters in history, a stunning example of what can happen when you combine arrogance, dangerous technology, and international politics. But the true story ...

Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of ...

The explosion emitted 400 times the radioactivity as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. It is estimated that 31 plant staff members and emergency workers who were there that night died ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster in history occurred after a botched safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine in what was then the Soviet Union. The accident caused ...

This video features a nuclear engineer reacting to the story of a firefighter involved in the Chernobyl disaster. The ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster took place in the former Soviet Union (now Ukraine), CNN is revisiting the tragedy ...

Thirty years after families in northern Ukraine were forced to abandon their homes following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, photographer Maxim Dondyuk began collecting their things.The ...

LONDON (AP) — A book about the causes and consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has won Britain's leading nonfiction literary award. Serhii Plokhy was awarded the 30,000-pound ($39,000) ...

If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster from the air, now may be your chance. To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the catastrophe this month, an aerial tour ...

You can watch and stream Chernobyl Season 1 to witness a gripping and harrowing account of the catastrophic nuclear disaster that occurred in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. This ...