nuclear accident

Cabinet Office Publishes Disaster Risk List

The Cabinet Office on Thursday published its latest risk assessment of potential disasters, ranging from drone attacks to another global pandemic. It's the first time the published National Risk Register (NRR) included ...

August 3, 2023BY Lily Zhou
Chernobyl and Fukushima: Measuring Radioactivity, Harm to Wildlife

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that Chernobyl released 400 times more radioactivity into the atmosphere than the ...

April 26, 2016BY Timothy A. Mousseau
Chernobyl: New Tomb Will Make Site Safe for 100 Years

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, there's still a significant threat of radiation from the crumbling remains ...

April 26, 2016BY Claire Corkhill
Pripyat (near Chernobyl) Ukraine—Real-Life Ghost Town

Pripyat is an extraordinary experience—something you most probably have never seen and will never see.

September 23, 2014BY Tomasz Lisowski