A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the drone burned for weeks.Credit... Supported by By Kim ...

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted down during the notorious 1986 accident in Chernobyl. Unlike modern nuclear reactors ...

(Image: ChNPP) During the visit they inspected the shelter - the New Safe Confinement (NSC) - and held meetings with Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) leaders. Chernobyl unit 4 was destroyed in ...

One surprising discovery comes from an unlikely place: the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The fungi found growing on the destroyed reactor may hold the key to future space missions and ...