CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, ...

This week in science: the generational effects of nuclear radiation discovered in the children of Chernobyl cleanup workers; ...

Maisie Crow's short documentary, Half-Lives: The Chernobyl Workers Now, for the Virginia Quarterly Review tells the story of the community that survived the Chernobyl disaster. Workers and their ...

After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chaernobyl gas mask The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up ...

In 1986, the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl released large amounts of ionizing radiation (IR) into the environment, and became one of the most serious ...

Khaberni - Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, a new study reveals clear evidence of some effects of radiation exposure being passed to the next generation. Research ...

They found an average of 2.65 clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs) per child, compared to 0.88 cDNMs in children of unexposed ...

Two workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station have been hospitalized as radiation-contaminated water seeped into their boots while laying power cables. They join 15 who've ...

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the children of exposed fathers. By focusing on radiation-specific mutation ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA.

A contract has been signed for the development of detailed design documentation for work on parts of the turbine hall and deaerator stack that extend beyond the giant New Safe Confinement arch-shaped ...