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

Today marks four decades since what’s called the world’s worst nuclear plant disaster—Chernobyl. APR news, in collaboration ...

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

"The explosion at the fourth reactor changed the lives of millions of Ukrainians. Its consequences affected the entire world ...

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

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the exclusion zone has transformed into an unexpected wildlife haven. With humans ...

On April 26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion and fire that demolished the r ...

Documents were scattered across the floor as scientists hurriedly reviewed reports on weather patterns and radiation ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

Exactly 40 years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was destroyed in the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen.