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 ...

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

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

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The U.N. passed the resolution on Thursday, with few countries—such as Russian ally Belarus, China and North Korea —voting ...

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 ...

The protective barrier around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site can no longer confine radioactive waste due to a drone strike in February, the ...

The dome around the Chernobyl site "had lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability" after a ...