The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a ...

Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone, by Serhii Plokhy, W.W. Norton & Company, 240 pages, $29.99 The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic ...

Inspired by modern wars and politics ... a theme that resonates throughout the story. Chernobyl begins with Valery Legasov ...

When you think of Chernobyl (or Chornobyl ... SKALA got an upgraded helper in 1991 which looks a little more modern. Still nothing like we have today. If you are jaded at looking at old hardware ...

Buried deep within Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, the Elephant’s Foot remains one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Formed from molten reactor material, it stands as a grim reminder of nuclear ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: HBO's new miniseries, "Chernobyl," recounts the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine. It's a dramatization, so while many events depicted in the show ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

"Just so there's no confusion— the story of the liquidators is real. It happened," one of Chernobyl's creator's tweeted after Monday's episode HBO’s new series Chernobyl is attracting viewers ...

A drone with an explosive warhead has smashed a hole in the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. The plant's chief engineer, Alexander Titarchuk, said there was a ...

The first bottles of a so-called “artisanal spirit” made out of apples grown near to Chernobyl have been seized by Ukrainian authorities. According to the Chernobyl Spirit Company, 1,500 ...