All news on the topic: Chernobyl

Following the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chornobyl in 1986, the surrounding area known as the Exclusion Zone, was transformed into a deadly radioactive landscape

Edinburgh councillor Christopher Cowdy said the Moat Drive play area was a 'real concern' and compared the facilities to the horrifying scenes from Chernobyl

Wolves that live in Chernobyl seem to have developed a resistance to cancer - while entirely new variations of other animals have been spotted, including black frogs

The collars from two gray wolves sent a mortality signal Dec. 29. Oregon wildlife officials responded and found three dead wolves, two with collars and one without, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement

Research has found the feral wolves living in Chernobyl's exclusion zone have developed resilience to cancer, and could bring fresh insights into how to prevent the disease in humans

Hero Chernboyl engineer Viktor Smagin, 75, who was one of the first on the scene at the 1986 nuclear disaster, left a note for his family before his death at his home in Moscow

New Netflix thriller Accused has done the unthinkable and landed a perfect 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This taut, engrossing drama has whipped fans into a frenzy with its heart racing cautionary tale of the power and perils of social media

An eerie clip of an abandoned fairground in Chernobyl, Ukraine, has gone viral online after a TikTok user spotted a mysterious figure lurking around on Google Maps

Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, is known as the British Chernobyl and now housing just four residents who refuse to leave their homes, despite council pressure

Mykhaylo Khrushchenko was 34 and working as the director of the food processing manufacture that served Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 when his life changed forever

After a fierce firefight, Russian troops seized Chernobyl from the hands of Ukraine's National Guard on day one of the war at the end of February before taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds

On April 26, 1986, the world's worst ever nuclear disaster was unleashed after Chernobyl's Reactor Number Four exploded - dispersing deadly radioactive material into the atmosphere and surrounding area

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine rumbles on, fears are growing among Chernobyl survivors about another nuclear disaster which would cause mayhem for Europe and the world

Stray dogs living in the 1,000 mile exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear plant have mutated beyond regular canines and scientists are probing whether it has helped them thrive amid the radiation

Some residents are talking about packing up and leaving East Palestine, Ohio, US, after the train wreck spewed toxic chemicals into the air and waterways

The old gasworks in Hollicombe is a stone's throw away from some of Devon's best beaches but it has been left to decay despite the area being cleared of toxic chemicals