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, ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

Control panel for Reactor 4 of the dilapidated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured ...

35 years after the worst nuclear disaster in history, parts of Chernobyl are still too radioactive for people to go to.

In 1986, when both countries were republics of the Soviet Union, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there's a revival around the world, a trend that ...

In April 1986, the world changed forever when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster unfolded in what was then the Soviet Union. What began as a late-night safety test at Reactor No. 4 quickly turned into the ...

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Pope Leo XIV called for responsible use of atomic energy on Sunday, the 40 th anniversary of the Soviet-era disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. More than two dozen people died in ...

“Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown” premieres on Sunday, March 1 at 9 p.m.. The two hour premiere is the first two episodes of a four part series marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear ...

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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 ...