Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot is one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Just five minutes near it can be fatal, making it a chilling reminder of nuclear disaster.

"Exactly eight years ago, a new sarcophagus was slid over the old one, covering the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant," reads the Napromieniowani.pl profile on Facebook.

An engineer by training, Gubaryev had covered science for the paper for 10 years while also writing plays and a score of books. His experience at Chernobyl prompted him to write the play Sarcophagus, ...

Then, heavy-duty cranes inside the New Safe Confinement will take apart the sarcophagus. Chernobyl by the numbers The second task is waste management. According to the EBRD, there are more than ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray ...

The sarcophagus cracked last year and is emitting radioactive gases. In 2011, the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, the sarcophagus will be replaced with another shell financed by a multinational ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

As part of an effort to rebuild the reactor's protective sarcophagus, the robot will explore and map out the facility. The robot will carry radiation sensors, and three cameras to create a three ...

Alla Kravchuk, the daughter of a former Chernobyl engineer, returns to her father's workplace as the huge mobile Sarcophagus built to cover the damaged reactor nears completion. Can the site of ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment which ultimately accelerated the collapse of the USSR, making it one of the most historically significant events in recent history.