The New Safe Confinement dome protects the surrounding environment from leaking radiation, but a recent drone strike on the ...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is running for UN Secretary-General ...

A single drone strike has reopened global anxieties tied to one of history’s most dangerous nuclear sites. On February 14, 2025, a Geran-2–type drone struck the massive structure sealing Chernobyl’s ...

A massive explosion tore through the protective shield over Chernobyl's Reactor 4 on February 14, 2025, when a drone strike ...

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution spearheaded by Ukraine aimed at enhancing global ...

Washington's representative said the U.S. voted against the resolution not because it opposed nuclear safety measures, but ...

The adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution on the Chernobyl disaster is an important step towards overcoming its ...

The mission found the NSC’s primary safety systems had failed but confirmed no lasting damage to its structures or monitoring ...

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Andrii Melnyk, presented to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) a draft resolution ...

Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...