In one of the more ironic disasters of all time, the unit 4 reactor of the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine failed during an emergency shutdown safety test in 1986, belching nuclear waste and ...

The Emmy-winning writer-director also shares the lessons he learned from 'Chernobyl' and whether he'll ever return to comedy.

At 1:23am on Saturday, April 26th, 1986, a failed experiment blew the 500-ton safety cap off of the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant's Reactor Number 4. According to Sasha Yuvchenko, a member ...

Chernobyl details the delay it took for the news of this disaster to hit the world; one this story’s many aspects that seem unthinkable now. What do you remember of Chernobyl as it happened?

Chernobyl’s total death toll is small compared to other famous disasters. According to the United Nations, 31 deaths are directly attributable to the accident.

'Chernobyl' creator and writer Craig Mazin discusses depicting the 1986 nuclear disaster, the HBO miniseries' slow-burn success and how the story resonates with climate change denialism.

Chernobyl’s ghostly Red Forest, one of the most radioactive sites on the planet, has been mapped by specially-equipped drones to measure the extent of its contamination.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s reactor No. 4 exploded and burned during a test on April 26, 1986, releasing about 400 times more radiation than the bombing at Hiroshima.

‘Chernobyl’ Creator Reveals the Challenges of Adapting Nuclear Accident Story and the Scene He Regrets Cutting Series creator Craig Mazin of HBO's 'Chernobyl' talks about the biggest ...

During the Chernobyl period, I was a Moscow university subject, like everyone else, to heavy anti-American indoctrination. We dismissed those early news reports as Western disinformation.

Chernobyl once sat at the centre of a 1,000-square-mile exclusion zone implemented after the 1986 catastrophe, but much of the area has been open to tourists since 2011.

On Tuesday, HBO's "Chernobyl" earned 19 Emmy nominations, including best limited series and actors Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. By the time the big night arrives in September ...