Ukraine said in February a Russian drone had struck the protective shelter housing the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. A fire at the site was ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

When the Chernobyl disaster struck in 1986, it left behind one of the most radioactive places on Earth. Humans fled, but the animals stayed. Over the years, scientists discovered that radiation had ...

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to ...

A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...

Amid the remnants of Chernobyl’s ghost villages, a small herd of stocky horses emerged from the woods—an unexpected encounter that left a nonprofit stunned to see "critically endangered" species ...

A multibillion-dollar dome built around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown was badly damaged last year after a Russian drone strike blew a hole in it, sparking a fire and plenty of alarm.

There may be a surprising reason behind the mysterious blue dogs that were recently spotted roaming the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Photos taken earlier this year showed several dogs with bright blue ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed this week that the New Safe Confinement structure—designed to confine radiation at the ...

In the wake of the Chernobyl explosion, while most fled the radioactive zone, others were sent in. Over 600,000 people — soldiers, scientists, miners, and volunteers — became Liquidators. Their ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Radiation levels have not ...

The unique coloring is not the result of radiation, according to a scientific advisor for Dogs of Chernobyl Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...