Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...

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Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the ...

In the initial aftermath of the nuclear power plant explosion, authorities told the bride's mother "not to panic" and that ...

New Scientist reporter Matthew Sparkes secured unrivalled access to Chernobyl's most crucial scientific sites, where ...

A landmark season marking four decades since the Chernobyl disaster, brings documentary, drama, survivor testimony, and ...

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Professor Jim Smith in the Chernobyl control room of Reactor 3. Credit: Jemma Cox. Professor Jim Smith was a Green Party ...