Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster took place in the former Soviet Union (now Ukraine), CNN is revisiting the tragedy ...

Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown is continuing on Sunday, March 8 at 9 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream.

The brand new four-part series Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown premieres on CNN Sunday, March 1 at 9/8c. Across the span of four episodes, the new CNN original series will examine the world’s worst ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

On April 26, 1986, there was a catastrophic accident at the USSR's nuclear power plant near Chernobyl. Despite the deaths caused by the explosion at Chernobyl, other effects of the disaster are ...