
Despite the severity of the crisis in Japan, Chernobyl remains the most devastating nuclear accident in history.

Nuclear power has something of a checkered history. Although it does provide carbon-free energy at reasonable prices, it has exposed its dangerous side with near meltdowns and leaked radiation.

With the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster upon us, find out why radiation contamination can spark panic.

Twenty-five years after the disaster, fallout from Chernobyl remains a poorly-investigated hazard for the environment.

Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear crisis to a maximum seven on the international scale of atomic disasters Tuesday, placing it on a par with Chernobyl.

The nuclear fall-out from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster still has lingering effects on neurological development for wildlife.

Unlike birds, plants are doing fine in Chernobyl despite the high radiation level of the soil.

Nuclear accidents are measured in their severity with the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.

What exactly goes on inside a nuclear reactor?

Radioactive wild boars are on the rise in Germany, where they have attacked and frightened residents, even snarling traffic when they gang up on roadways.

Even though it happened more than 20 years ago, the world's worst nuclear disaster is still a serious hazard.
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