The Chernobyl nuclear plant has suffered a power failure that could result in the release of a radioactive cloud that could stretch to other parts of Europe, the State Service of Special ...

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The Chernobyl plant in Ukraine is disconnected from the grid due to damage inflicted by Russian occupying forces, sparking concerns of radioactive contamination if the cooling of spent nuclear fuel ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine remains one of the most radioactive areas of the world, following Earth's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. A meltdown of a reactor within the Chernobyl nuclear ...

Tiny worms that live in the highly radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were found to be immune to radiation — which scientists hope could provide clues about why some humans develop cancer, while ...

Several hundred Russian troops have been withdrawn from the Chernobyl nuclear facility in Ukraine after suffering from “acute radiation sickness” and are being treated in Belarus, according to reports ...

Microscopic worms that live their lives in the highly radioactive environment of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to do so completely free of radiation damage. Nematodes collected from the ...

Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Sean Gallup/Getty Images Dogs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are "genetically ...

Recent sightings of blue dogs with an unnatural hue at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine have sparked global ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Nearly three decades since the disaster and it seems the birds living in the exclusion zone around ...