United Nations experts are calling for urgent repairs to Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement, the structure built as an additional shield against radiation from the failed nuclear ...

In Ukraine, participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant are ...

A single drone strike has reopened global anxieties tied to one of history’s most dangerous nuclear sites. On February 14, 2025, a Geran-2–type drone struck the massive structure sealing Chernobyl’s ...

The catastrophe that unfolded at Chernobyl in 1986 was supposed to be entombed behind layers of concrete and steel, a ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

ALARM bells are sounding across Japan over a terrifying once-a-century megathrust that could kill thousands and cause ...

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, presented to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) a draft resolution ...

JAPAN has been hit by small tsunami waves following a powerful earthquake off the east coast. Damage and injuries are being ...

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We’ve all seen those movies where something goes wrong with technology and suddenly, it’s chaos. Well, sometimes ...

The remarkable detoxifying capabilities of the everyday sunflower and how it can be used to heal the environment following ...

A fresh shockwave has hit the already-fragile triangle of U.S.–Russia–Ukraine back-channel diplomacy after Ukraine’s spy ...