The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is the site of the world’s first level 7 nuclear energy accidents, when Reactor 4 suffered a power surge resulting in steam explosions and a meltdown on April ...

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's unit 4 was destroyed in the April 1986 accident (you can ... It still contains the molten core of the reactor and an estimated 200 tonnes of highly radioactive material ...

The delegation, which included members of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's nuclear safety department, ...

All this confirms that nuclear technologies in the hands ... hastily-built Shelter Structure that covered Chernobyl’s Reactor Number 4 following the 1986 meltdown at the plant.

A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling ...

Ukraine's nuclear ghosts were raised again on Friday ... drone slammed into the shell covering the remains of Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 — the same one that exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing ...

In reality, Chernobyl is less abandoned than outsiders might imagine. The ill-fated nuclear reactor and the containment shell around it require ongoing maintenance. The area as a whole is ...