Diagram of an RBMK’s primary cooling ... Heading image: The New Safe Confinement in final position over reactor 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. By Tim Porter, CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...

Around 30 people died from the immediate blast trauma of the reactor explosion and, while United Nations estimates that only ...

I first heard of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor breakdown on the morning of April 26, when the Soviet Ministry of Medium Machine Building, responsible for nuclear reactors, reported it to the Kremlin.

When the accident occurred at the #4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in 1986, engineers not only scrambled to find ways to deal with the immediate aftermath but also to ...

Narrator: HBO's new miniseries, "Chernobyl," recounts the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine ... of white vapor that were escaping from the reactor. In episode one, "Game of Thrones" fans might ...

GE also envisioned nuclear-powered airships, hydrofoils, and an interplanetary spaceship propelled by 21 reactors ... art but only basic powerplant diagrams exist to accompany the dampening ...

The nuclear disaster at Chernobyl has produced the biggest group of cancers ever from a single incident, according to UK and US scientists. Almost 2,000 cases of thyroid cancer have resulted from the ...

Ukraine continues to look for ways to repair the Chernobyl nuclear ... radioactive remains of a reactor that was the site of the world's worst civilian nuclear accident on April 26, 1986.