Dr. Norman Kleiman, a co-author of the study, said, “Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological ...

The hundreds of dogs that live in Chernobyl's exclusion zone have caught the attention of researchers interested in the impact of long-term radiation exposure.

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been travelling regularly to the city since 2002. He is now publishing his second book on ...

Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but ...

The government has been tasked with adopting, within the 24 months after a framework law to enable Italy to return to nuclear ...

Italy will resume nuclear energy production in 2027, according to its government, and energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

“But my friend suggested a place where after an accident land was very cheap. “We found land to settle. Now the land near Chernobyl is our home.” He adds: “My friends and family often ask ...

Radiation likely hasn’t caused the genetic differences seen between two dog populations near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Of some 200,000 people who worked at the Chernobyl site after the accident, 90,000 were involved in the shelter's construction, according to the operator. Around 50 later reportedly died through ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment which ultimately accelerated the collapse of the USSR, making it one of the most historically significant events in recent history.