While some members of the new HBO limited series "Chernobyl" cast plays composite characters, a surprising number portray real people. U.S. ... Proskuryakov had radiation burns covering his entire ...

The second—the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in the former Soviet Union on April 26—had a less personal impact, ... Proskuryakov and Kudryavtsev were at the nucleus of an atomic explosion.

2 things we believe: Chernobyl was catastrophic, and we need nuclear power more than ever The HBO series shows we’re not going to have another Chernobyl.

Reporting from Chernobyl, Ukraine — Seated in a jeep and clutching a screeching Geiger counter, Lt. Col. Viktor Chershnev led a convoy of 30 military trucks through the center of sleeping Kiev.

Chernobyl’s effects go far beyond what you’re seeing on HBO. It shook up geopolitics for years. From the Soviet Union’s fall to Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament, the disaster changed the region.

Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up ...

In 2017, the Clean Futures Fund started a GoFundMe to raise money for Chernobyl's population of stray dogs. Volunteers return to the disaster area for a three-week period annually to spay, neuter ...