IT was known as the Stairway To Hell – a suffocating chamber leading to the roof of Chernobyl’s reactor four, which had been decimated in a deadly explosion. Nearly 700 brave men ­huddled on the steps ...

An international team has visited the Chernobyl site to review the causes and effects of a roof collapse that took place in February. An international team has visited the Chernobyl site to review the ...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian officials on Wednesday sought to reassure the public that radiation levels were unaffected at Chernobyl and there was no safety threat after a partial roof collapse at ...

Sections of the walls and roof of Chernobyl 4's turbine building have collapsed under weight of snow, officials reported, noting no change in radiation levels at the site. Sections of the walls and ...

Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the explosion and fire struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, about a two-hour ...

In Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the ...

More than three decades after the worst nuclear accident in history, workers are still scrambling to prevent the spread of radiation. On April 26, 1986, the core of a reactor opened at the Chernobyl ...

Snow apparently caused part of a roof to cave in at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. No casualties have been reported. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.Feb. 13 ...

Nuclear experts have insisted there is no safety threat after a partial roof collapse at the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A 6,500-square-foot section of the roof over the turbine hall at the ...