For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

The Chernobyl explosion and resulting fire spewed 200 times as much radioactivity into the environment as the Hiroshima and ...

The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not only themselves, but their children, to hidden genetic damage. The ...

LVIV, Ukraine--Ukraine said on Wednesday there was a danger of a radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after electricity was cut off to the plant, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog saw "no ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These two traits do not differ, in fact, between specimens captured in areas with ...

(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military ...

1986年4月、旧ソヴィエト連邦のチェルノブイリ原子力発電所4号炉で発生した事故は史上最悪級の原子力事故といわれており、事故後も発電所の周囲約30km圏内は立入禁止区域として設定され、現在も厳しく管理されています。この立入禁止区域内に生息する ...