In a time when the world is focused on emerging technologies and geopolitical shifts, there are still stories from the past that haven’t faded away. One of them lies deep beneath an abandoned ...

the Elephant’s Foot was only emitting one-tenth of the radiation it once had. (Image: US department of energy) Beneath the ruined reactor lies the hardened mass called the Elephant’s Foot. It is ...

A new class of material has been created in the lab that mimics the radioactive, lava-like waste created during nuclear meltdowns like those of Chernobyl and Fukushima. The simulant materials offer a ...

The “Elephant’s Foot” formed by the Chernobyl disaster. A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a ...

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A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...