April marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Find out more about what happened and the effects of the explosion here.

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

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, theres ...

We go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1986, and speaking with plant workers who were on shift that ...

The streets of Britain were alive with music, cigarette smoke, and the chatter of bustling weekend nightlife when, more than 1,000 miles away, one of the most catastrophic accidents in history ...

A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children affected by the nuclear disaster 40 years ago.

FILE - The Chernobyl nuclear plant is seen in an aerial view, showing the damage from an explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, that sent a radioactive plume over Europe. (AP Photo/ Volodymyr Repik, ...