Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...

FORTY years on from the greatest nuclear disaster in history, a 1,000 square mile patch of land is still sealed off from the ...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, The Mirror visits Bala, Wales, where pollution from the horror blast caused years ...

Chernobyl's past and present collide as residents and workers reflect on the 1986 disaster and Russia's recent invasion.

Russia’s invasion deepens the saga of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A woman who fled war and ended up there says, “We ...

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As Moscow continues to target Ukraine's power grid, risking another nuclear accident, Ukrainians have marked the 40th ...

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The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which US President Trump attended, has raised questions about the ...

On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded during a botched safety test, ...

April 26 will mark 40 years since the Chernobyl explosion - but what is it like for those heading to the historic site as ...

Haunting new photos of the abandoned Ukraine power plant show a control panel still lit and dusty papers strewn across desks ...