Engineers Are Constructing a Giant Steel Lid to Contain Chernobyl’s Radioactive Core The arch-shaped lid will protect against radioactive dust should Chernobyl’s decaying facilities collapse ...

HBO's five-part series Chernobyl is a compelling drama about one of the world's worst nuclear accidents. It's also a look at the dangers of a government where politics are more important than reality.

A new structure built to confine the Chernobyl reactor at the center of the world's worst nuclear disaster was previewed for the media Tuesday.

A brand-new theory of the opening moments during the Chernobyl disaster, the most severe nuclear accident in history, based on additional analysis.

When Chernobyl's reactor number 4 exploded in the early hours of 26 April 1986, the ensuing blaze spewed 6.7 tonnes of material from the core high into the atmosphere, spreading radioactive ...

The excellent HBO series Chernobyl offers an overdue glimpse into the leviathan of lies that was the Soviet system.