Children are still being born with severe birth defects and rare types of cancer in areas near to Chernobyl, according to a British charity, three decades on from the world's worst civil nuclear ...

To play this content JavaScript must be turned on and the latest Flash player installed. Latest Flash player available here Play alternative media format The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi ...

The story of a young couple getting married against the backdrop of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Serhiy first laid eyes on Iryna under the swirling lights of the best disco in town. He thought ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays? In May 1997, Nelli Zhdanova entered one ...

The road is closed, as are all the shops and restaurants. "Please don't gather here," a police officer, megaphone in hand, tells pedestrians. The air is full of suspense. The Chernobyl anniversary is ...

The BBC's Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Scientists talk about mutations of organisms. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the terrible events at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Contrary to the expectations of many people, the area around ...

MoldovAnn will be on BBC Radio tomorrow, reading from one of her posts on a trip to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media ...

Chernobyl 1986 A nuclear reactor exploded spewing out massive quantities of radiation into the atmosphere Within days the pollution had spread across Europe Living on land contaminated with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Control panel for Reactor 4 of the dilapidated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year ...