Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of things in a science fiction film – green glowing men, deformed animals.

Background radiation levels in the Chernobyl area vary widely by location. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

MANDATORY CREDIT. REFILE - CORRECTING DATE The specter of Chernobyl contamination was embodied this week by the action of Russian soldiers who invaded that area of northern Ukraine. A convoy of ...

Sixty-two-year-old Sergii Mirnyi will never forget the year 1986, when he was sent to help deal with the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl that was threatening to poison the continent. Mirnyi was a ...

The Ukrainian government announced its 1 GW solar plan for the Chernobyl area in 2016. The first move made by Ukraine’s parliament at the time was to adopt a bill to reopen the exclusion zone to ...

After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened in 1986, 116,000 people in the exclusion area were forced to leave their homes permanently. The empty area has been completely abandoned ever since ...

On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster unfolded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ... Yosemite National Park-sized area surrounding the plant. After all, it’s tricky to ...

“Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is open for the ... which is being planned for the area of the well-known nuclear desaster, according to a press release from the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy.

The accident, where more than 80 tons of radioactive waste were released by an explosion, spread large amounts of nuclear material over an area of more than 52,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi), ...