Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

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 ...

A Russian drone has hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl's damaged nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

KIEV, April 7. /TASS/. The wildfire area near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has more than tripled to 35 hectares, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported Tuesday. Earlier in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trenches dug by the Russian military are seen in an area with high levels of radiation called the Red Forest, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ...

“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.