The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Elevated levels of radiation have been detected near the plant, which is about 325 miles southeast of Chernobyl

Ukraine’s leader has said a fire at a Ukraine nuclear plant could be a catastrophe for all of Europe, ominously warning: “You know the word ‘Chernobyl’.”

Reactor was not operational at time of strike but fuel stored at facility

The facility on the southern shore of the Dnieper river is the largest in Europe

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said there was no release of radioactive material at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during the fire and added two security personnel were injured

Ukraine says Russian troops have captured a nuclear power plant which was the scene of heavy fighting that set a building on fire and damaged part of a reactor complex.

Ukraine-Russia news from March 4: At UNSC meeting, Ukrainian envoy accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terrorism’.

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said in online posts today that the forces had taken control of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Alan 'Barney' Gardner, 54, took in and housed Ukrainian children following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Plant spokesperson said it had come under ‘heavy weapons fire’

The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for more than three decades by a 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-kilometer) exclusion zone that keeps people out. On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor number four melted down as a result of human error, releasing vast quantities of radioactive…