These 20 pictures capture the aftermath of the infamous 1986 Chernobyl incident—effects that are, in some cases, still felt today.
On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...
Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.
A 2,600km² exclusion zone was established following the world's worst civilian nuclear accident at Chernobyl in 1986, which released a radioactive cloud across Europe and led to the evacuation of ...
Sergei Belyakov was one of the brave volunteers who shovelled radioative debris scattered by the explosion back into reactor number four.
20d
Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans
They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t actually show any genetic differences were caused by radiation. The idea of ...
Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?
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, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results