Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety situations.

On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...

A single person pressing the wrong button set off the nuclear catastrophe which shocked the globe and contaminated thousands of homes with radioactive material. In the early morning of April 26, 1986, ...

It’s a blast from the past. Eerie photos of the infamous nuclear Chernobyl site show the abandoned Ukrainian power plant frozen in time — with a control panel still lit up ahead of the 40th ...

CNBC’s Brian Sullivan looks at how the nuclear industry is recovering from the reputational fallout of the Chernobyl disaster, and why AI is putting nuclear back in the spotlight. Got a confidential ...

Sergei Belyakov was one of the brave volunteers who shovelled radioative debris scattered by the explosion back into reactor number four.

These photos will stop you in your tracks.