Science history: Chernobyl nuclear power plant melts down, bringing the world to the brink of disaster — April 26, 1986

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, but the rest of the world wouldn't learn how close it came to ...

PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the ...

A look back at the world’s worst nuclear power plant disaster

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

On This Day: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in Ukraine

On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in ...

Worst ever nuclear disaster Chernobyl caused by pressing one wrong button

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...

BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world's worst nuclear accident

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

Eerie photos of abandoned Chernobyl plant show lights still glowing on nuclear control panel: ‘Incredibly sad’

Photos of the infamous nuclear Chernobyl site show the abandoned power plant frozen in time — with a control panel still lit ...

‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident

For 40 years, the residents of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus have grappled with the devastating effects of the ...