Officials said the earthquake led to the buckling of highways and caused some bridges to collapse. Bullet trains were also ...

From soil and water, radioactive materials also moved into plants and animals, which posed risks to human health ...

Leo said the Chernobyl disaster “serves as a warning regarding the inherent risks of using increasingly powerful technologies ...

Indeed, as of Sunday, April 26, it has been 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, which happened in the former Soviet Union.

When will the exclusion zone be completely free of all radionuclides? On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the ...

Exactly 40 years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was destroyed in the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen.

The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or ...

The events of 26 April, 1986, changed the lives of millions of Ukrainians, and people beyond Ukraine’s borders, when Reactor ...

A man in his 50s was injured when both of his legs were bitten in a bear attack on Sunday, police said. According to the Fukushima Police Station, the man and his wife were gathering wild vegetables ...

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is now a destination for 'dark tourism' — travel to sites associated with tragedy, violence, or disaster, like Auschwitz, the killing fields of Ca ...

Overseas travel from Japan has been recovering but remains at more than 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels amid a weak yen, a ...

Bears emerging from hibernation have caused spring shocks in several residential districts of the northeastern Tohoku region.