New Scientist reporter Matthew Sparkes secured unrivalled access to Chernobyl's most crucial scientific sites, where ...

Ever since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists have needed to monitor radioactive conditions inside.

Forty years after the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, those who were at the very centre recall the deadly details.

The name of the ill-fated nuclear power plant will live long in the memory - though perhaps the estimated 20,000 years of ...

I first visited Chernobyl in 2016, 30 years after the explosion at Reactor Four. I expected silence and scarcity – a lifeless place, defined by radiation. Instead, I found beavers swimming beneath a ...