The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, ...

A huge radioactive site which is planted on almost 600 acres of desert land has been compared to an "underground Chernobyl" with warnings that it is a disaster waiting to happen. Now, the site has ...

This was significant because the Soviets were denying that the nuclear accident at Chernobyl had taken place. Satellite imagery, it was now clear, could show events and places in countries where ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the ...

In episode four of the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," Soviet officials assess the damage of a 1986 power-plant explosion, which released plumes of radioactive material into the air. The roof of the ...