with the Chernobyl power plant finally lying idle. But the former Eastern Bloc country is still dealing with the deadly legacy of the catastrophic explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, which sent ...

"Exactly 8 years ago, a new sarcophagus was moved over the old one covering the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant," reads the Napromieniowani.pl profile on Facebook.

Tokyo, Apr 12: As Japan raised its assessment of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating of 7 on an international scale, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl ...

Chernobyl 1986. A nuclear reactor exploded, spewing out massive quantities of radiation into the atmosphere. Within days, the pollution had spread across Europe. Living on land contaminated with ...

This year marks Chernobyl’s 25th anniversary and how ironic it is that the world has a new nuclear emergency on its hands: Japan’s Fukushima power plant, operated by TEPCO. This year marks ...

Chernobyl 1986 A nuclear reactor exploded spewing out massive quantities of radiation into the atmosphere Within days the pollution had spread across Europe Living on land contaminated with ...

Read more: Chernobyl was the world's worst nuclear-power-plant accident. Here's how it compares with Fukushima and Three Mile Island. In the years since, those dangers have gone down significantly.