Chernobyl

A 2025 drone strike has compromised the New Safe Confinement structure at Chernobyl, with the IAEA warning the shield no longer guarantees long-term containment.

Jan Kevin Bautista Dec 08, 2025

A drone strike in February 2025 damaged Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement, compromising its primary safety functions but leaving radiation levels stable and raising concerns about long-term nuclear safety.

Trisha Kae Andrada Dec 07, 2025

The three Chernobyl stray dogs were most likely just having a great time rolling in a broken portable toilet where bright blue chemical fluid had leaked, turning their fur blue.

Adrienne Martinez Nov 04, 2025

Ukrainian officials have claimed that more than 10,000 hectares of forest in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have been set ablaze due to active fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

Sadhna Yadav Mar 28, 2022

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Joker" receive multiple awards in film categories.

Jan 06, 2020

Electricity that will power 2,000 homes will be generated by solar panels just a stone's throw away from the original nuclear plant.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 16, 2018

Australian scientists say that some native plant species could be used to "make contaminated regions safe again".

India Ashok Nov 27, 2017

Scientists have come up with a new hypothesis that challenges the accepted version of events in the initial moments of the disaster.

Nov 17, 2017

The new hostel is reportedly located in heart of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, just 9 miles away from nuclear disaster site.

India Ashok Jun 17, 2017

Creepy dolls litter the ghost town of Pripyat, but were they abandoned by fleeing children or placed there by visitors?

David Sim Apr 25, 2017

Very few photographers have ventured inside the restricted red zone, or seen the interiors of its abandoned buildings.

David Sim Apr 11, 2017

Nuclear meltdown could have been prevented if government had ordered Tepco to take preventive steps, court rules.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Mar 17, 2017

A spike in radiation levels was recorded across Europe in January.

Tom Porter Feb 23, 2017

The zone's resurgent wolf population poses a threat to nearby livestock, so local farmers pay hunters for each wolf they kill.

David Sim Feb 14, 2017

A concrete and steel arch is being moved to cover a exploded reactor, which triggered the 1986 disaster.

William Watkinson Nov 14, 2016

Terry and Heather Voysey from Cornwall have supported Iryna since she came to the UK in 2012.

Mark Piggott Aug 27, 2016

Police estimated that close to 50 protesters gathered near the Fennovoima site in northern Finland.

Adam Justice Apr 27, 2016

The virus hit the plant on the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl.

Brendan Cole Apr 26, 2016

Watch this special documentary from IBTimes UK on the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Alice de la Chapelle Apr 26, 2016

No 4 reactor exploded on 26 April 1986, releasing large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.

Adam Justice Apr 26, 2016

Memorial services are held in Ukraine to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

David Sim Apr 26, 2016

The fourth reactor of Chernobyl's nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded on 26 April, 1986.

Lydia Smith Apr 26, 2016

Reuters photojournalist Gleb Garanich photographed the survivors as they visited the ghost town and the dusty derelict flats there that were once home.

David Sim Apr 25, 2016

Thirty years later, IBTimes UK looks at Chernobyl's future as construction of the New Safe Confinement continues.

Léa Surugue Apr 25, 2016

War in the east and new concerns raised by the Fukushima disaster presents a dangerous future for Ukraine.

Alice de la Chapelle Apr 25, 2016

Radiation from the Chernobyl disaster led to thyroid cancer, mental health problems and blindness.

Matt Atherton Apr 23, 2016

Timothy Mousseau discusses the impact that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has had on the area's wildlife.

Hannah Osborne Apr 23, 2016

The fourth reactor at the Chernobyl power plant exploded on 26 April 1986 in the world's worst nuclear accident.

Lydia Smith Apr 23, 2016

Soviet authorities drafted hundreds of thousands of workers to assist with clean-up operations at the plant and in the surrounding areas

David Sim Apr 22, 2016

The effects of the 1986 nuclear accident are more than ever today's concern.

Alice de la Chapelle Apr 22, 2016