A new class of material has been created in the lab that mimics the radioactive, lava-like waste created during nuclear meltdowns like those of Chernobyl and Fukushima. The simulant materials offer a ...

Scientists recreated lava produced by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster inside a lab. Their findings could offer clues about how to clean up the site's radioactive material. The researchers hope to avoid ...

In 1986, a nuclear explosion rocked Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl power plant. In the immediate aftermath, radiation swept across what was then the Soviet Union. Among the remnants of the disaster was ...

Russian forces have gained control of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine, and reports of firefights at the site have led to concerns about the release of radioactive material from the plant, ...