Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the ...

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...

Can we ever really understand Chernobyl? These five shows and videogames give a pretty good glimpse of what the disaster ...

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Jordan Dunbar explores the human stories behind the 1986 nuclear catastrophe in powerful BBC World Service productions ...

Chernobyl 'biorobot liquidator' Sergei Belyakov has revealed how volunteering for nuclear clean-up damaged his health.

A landmark season marking four decades since the Chernobyl disaster, brings documentary, drama, survivor testimony, and ...

Sky will air Chernobyl on free-to-air television for the first time, as part of programming to mark the 40th anniversary of the nuclear disaster.

In this video, we review the top Chernobyl documentaries available on YouTube, analyzing their accuracy, storytelling, and how they depict the disaster. Whether you're interested in the scientific ...

What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot?

In April 1986, exactly 40 years ago, Tim Eggar was asleep at home when – for the first time in his four years in government – ...