The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...
Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, some places in the region look just as they did in the immediate aftermath of that fateful Friday ...
The Chornobyl disaster was called the worst nuclear accident in history, occurring 40 years ago this weekend, on April 26, 1986, at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, then part of the Soviet Union ...
As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured the public's angst and imagination quite like Chernobyl. In the intervening years, Chernobyl has ...
Reflecting on the disaster that struck Chornobyl on 26 April 1986, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev lamented that the “victims of the tragedy were confronted by a crisis which they could ...
The last two months have seen the anniversaries of the two worst civilian nuclear catastrophes in history. Indeed, as of Sunday, April 26, it has been 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, which ...
On April 26, 1986, the world experienced the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history: the explosion and fire of reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident was ...
A single person pressing the wrong button set off the nuclear catastrophe which shocked the globe and contaminated thousands of homes with radioactive material. In the early morning of April 26, 1986, ...
I was in a state of near shock,” says Volodymyr Kholosha as he recalls the moment that he first saw the burnt-out reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on the day it exploded. “What I witnessed ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Control panel for Reactor 4 of the dilapidated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year ...