Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant: a group of ruined and damaged gray, green and white buildings In the early morning ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revealed that Ukrainian engineers and workers are carrying out temporary repairs of the Chernobyl Reactor 4 containment site’s New Safe Confinement ...

Bob Graham and Joe Lieberman were on one side of a long table. The expert witnesses were on the other side. Between them lay an ominous question: Is the former Soviet Union likely to experience ...

Leningrad 1, the oldest operating RBMK unit, has been reconnected to the grid after the completion of work to resolve deformation of its graphite moderator. Leningrad 1, the oldest operating RBMK unit ...