Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

Recent studies show, in fact, that Chernobyl has become one of the ... Previous research detected an absence of effects of current radiation exposure on different physiological and morphological ...

Within three months of the Chernobyl disaster, more than 30 people died of acute radiation sickness. Today, scientists estimate that tens, perhaps even hundreds, of thousands of people were ...

away in Chernobyl city suggest that radiation exposure is having a profound effect. These dogs appear to be experiencing rapid evolutionary changes, with distinct genetic markers that set them ...

Chernobyl explores the aftermath and problem ... The realistic, gruesome results of the extreme radiation exposure that effects many unfortunate victims are recreated by the show’s talented ...

A few years ago, on one of her first visits to Chernobyl, Katherine Raines went to the Red ... Research on the effect of chronic exposure to ionizing radiation on insects is limited, and some of the ...

Pictured is the spread of the radioactive plume after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 ... zones and protect the populace from excessive radiation exposure. Many monitoring networks also plot ...

On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

Since that day, Chernobyl’s dogs have died or suffered ... more than 450 animals were tested for radiation exposure, received medical care, vaccinations and were spayed or neutered.

The confinement structure at Chernobyl that Mr. Schmieman worked on was an engineering and construction feat, designed to protect the damaged reactor for 100 years. To minimize radiation exposure ...