In an interview with Le Monde, historian Galia Ackerman describes what happened before the Chernobyl disaster and the incompetence of the Soviet regime, which deliberately hid the truth about the ...

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens. The plant was located 20 kilometres ...

Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

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

Can we ever really understand Chernobyl? These five shows and videogames give a pretty good glimpse of what the disaster entailed.

UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday called for the peaceful use of nuclear weapons as the world marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. At a spe ...

"Chernobyl march" in 1996, timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the accident, became the largest in history. About ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can we ever really understand Chernobyl? As a researcher in visual culture, I find myself returning to this question again and ...

Explore April 26's historic impact from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster to milestones in colonization, wars, science, and ...

In the weeks after the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, it was difficult to get any information about the scope of the disaster, aside ...