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Bears now roam the Chernobyl dead zone - and the mutations are hard to ignore

After the Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, deadly radiation spread through the surrounding forests, killing animals, twisting trees, and leaving the area mostly uninhabitable for humans. But over ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, its legacy still resonates

The explosion at the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986, changed the lives of thousands of Soviet citizens. The plant was located 20 kilometres ...
The Economist

Scientists are still learning from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

The example that Chernobyl has provided of how the landscape, water dynamics and human behaviour affect radiation risk will be important when dealing with future disasters. Scientists never stop ...
News 9

Chernobyl 40 years later: How the disaster changed nuclear safety worldwide

The Chernobyl disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping global ...

Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans

They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t actually show any genetic differences were caused by radiation. The idea of ...

My Dad Worked at Chernobyl. We Survived—But Our Nightmare Continued

"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am.