After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spiraled into the ...

CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, ...

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the children of exposed fathers. By focusing on radiation-specific mutation ...

A Russian strike could collapse the internal radiation shelter at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, the plant's director has told AFP. Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly ...

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Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA.

According to head of the Atominfo research center Alexander Uvarov, forest fires that periodically occurred in the Ukrainian segment of the Chernobyl exclusion zone may have more significant radiation ...

On April 26, 2026, less than six months from now, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster (in the relatively short history of nuclear power), at Chernobyl, ...