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 ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukrainian SSR (WCSC) — Sunday marks 40 years since the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the town of Pripyat in Ukraine. In 1986, an explosion and fire at the power plant ...

On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...

Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, experts say growing energy needs and advancing technology are bringing renewed ...

The Chernobyl disaster began during a failed safety test at Reactor 4 in 1986, triggering an explosion and radioactive ...

Sergei Belyakov was one of the brave volunteers who shovelled radioative debris scattered by the explosion back into reactor number four.

The brand new four-part series Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown premieres on CNN Sunday, March 1 at 9/8c. Across the span of four episodes, the new CNN original series will examine the world’s worst ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

People streamed in from different parts of the city to place candles on a large radiation hazard symbol as they marked the ...