Tagged With Chernobyl Nuclear Incident

A photographer visited the abandoned towns around Chernobyl more than 20 times over the past 25 years, and the captivating photos show just how suddenly time stopped in its tracks after the disaster

Katie Canales

Visitors at Chernobyl can now tour the control room, where radiation levels could be 40,000 times higher than normal

Aria Bendix

Russia has hidden the details of a handful of nuclear accidents since the 1950s — here's what we know about them

Aria Bendix, Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Haunting photos reveal what nuclear-disaster ghost towns look like years after being abandoned

Aria Bendix

For less than $100, you can tour the abandoned towns around Chernobyl. Just watch out for radioactive trees and dogs, crumbling buildings, and the occasional selfie stick.

Katie Canales

A floating nuclear plant in Russia features a gym, bar, and pool. An expert calls it 'Chernobyl on ice.'

Aria Bendix

Chernobyl's 'sarcophagus,' which helped contain the spread of radiation, is being dismantled because it's teetering on collapse

Aria Bendix

Parts of the Marshall Islands are now more radioactive than Chernobyl because of US nuclear tests

Aria Bendix

Chernobyl's power plant managers 'hid' their radiation levels so they could protect cleanup workers, according to former deputy director

Aria Bendix

The former deputy director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant says the Emmy-winning HBO series got its villain right, but its hero wrong

Aria Bendix

11 strange events that happened after the Chernobyl nuclear-power-plant accident

Aria Bendix

Chernobyl was the world's worst nuclear-power-plant accident. Here's how it compares with Fukushima and Three Mile Island.

Aria Bendix

How dangerous is it to visit Chernobyl? We asked a nuclear-waste expert involved in the cleanup.

Aria Bendix

Real-life characters in HBO's 'Chernobyl' on the moment they found out about the world's worst nuclear-power-plant accident

Aria Bendix

Russia is making a rival to HBO's 'Chernobyl' which focuses on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent caused the nuclear disaster

Bill Bostock

HBO's 'Chernobyl' series invented a main character to depict the world's worst nuclear power plant accident

Aria Bendix

'Apples the size of watermelons': A psychologist reveals what it was like to grow up in the Chernobyl fallout zone

Hilary Brueck

Photos show what daily life is really like inside Chernobyl's exclusion zone, one of the most polluted areas in the world

Katie Canales

This giant building is basically a tomb for Chernobyl

Ben Nigh