The invasion has raised questions about Chernobyl, infamous for the worst nuclear disaster in history. On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl's Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Sophia Arkadiyivna remembers when the Soviet Union built the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1977, just 20 miles from the village where she served as mayor.

What Happened at Chernobyl? According to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Committee (U.S.NRC) on April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the ...

Thirty years ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine released far more radioactivity than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan did, forcing the resettlement of more than ...

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster occurred at the settlement of Pryp’yat—10 miles from the actual city of Chernobyl in Ukraine. Back then, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.

The Chernobyl disaster: What happened, and the long-term impacts. The accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine shocked the world, permanently altered a region, and leaves many questions ...

April 2020 marked 34 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster -- the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Renewed worldwide public interest in this radioactive ...

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (formerly part of the Soviet Union) exploded, creating what many consider the worst nuclear disaster the ...

The HBO miniseries "Chernobyl" has cast renewed attention on the world's worst nuclear-power-plant accident, which took place on April 26, 1986, when the core of a reactor opened at the Chernobyl ...

The Chernobyl incident made global headlines in April 1986 due to a catastrophic nuclear accident during a mismanaged experiment. Consequently, reactor four at the Soviet-era nuclear power plant ...

The Ukrianian town of Pripyat, just outside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, is a ghost town after a disaster at the plant 32 years ago. Sean Gallup/Getty Images ...

The catastrophic Chernobyl disaster saw reactor four of the Soviet nuclear power plant erupt in flames, its heavy steel and concrete lid blown off, releasing massive amounts of radioactive ...