Chernobyl
A Ukrainian nuclear plant survived Russian attack. But it raises security concerns over reactors in war zones, analyst says.
Atomic safety experts say that a war fought amid nuclear reactors represents an unprecedented and highly dangerous situation. Henry Sokolski, the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, talked with The World's Carol Hills about the risks.
Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife 33 years after the nuclear accident
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change
Despite the risks, holdouts refuse to abandon Ukraine's radiation hotspots
Lithuania worries that a Russia-funded nuclear reactor in Belarus is part of a push for more power
Ukraine moves giant new safety dome over Chernobyl
The $2.2-billion structure has been edged into place over an existing crumbling dome that the Soviets built in haste when disaster struck three decades ago.
Wildlife in Chernobyl is thriving 30 years after the nuclear accident
In the absence of a human population, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a de facto nature reserve.
Chernobyl and ‘the summer without children’
On April 26, 1986, the world suffered its worst peacetime nuclear disaster, when the Soviet reactor at Chernobyl went into meltdown. One survivor talks about how it affected her and her family.
What kind of 2014 is in store for us?
2013 was a mixed bag for the world. Syria's chemical weapons are on the road to being neutralized, but dictator Bashar al-Assad remains in power. Fewer people around the world are going hungry, but many are now overweight or obese. And Japan is still a long way from solving the problems stemming from the 2011 meltdown at Fukushima. All those stories and more in today's Global Scan.
Two years later, Fukushima still reeling from tsunami's effects
As Japanese officials continue to struggle to contain radioactive waste from the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima two years ago, the situation is not getting any easier. Though they've managed to store millions of gallons of waste-contaminated water, the area remains vulnerable to another natural disaster.
In Japan, Citizen Radiation-Tracking Project Goes Big Time
A post-Fukushima effort to crowdsource radiation data in Japan has since become the largest source of radiation data in the country. And it's now set to expand to other parts of the world. Catherine Winter reports from Tokyo.
40 Years Ago, Soviet Gymnast Olga Korbut Dazzled the World
Forty years ago in Munich, Olga Korbut changed the way Americans watched the Olympics. And the tiny pig-tailed athlete inspired girls around the world to take up gymnastics.
Comedian Harry Shearer's serious work: 'The Big Uneasy'
Long time resident Harry Shearer takes a 180 degree shift from his comedy career to write and direct a new documentary about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Sunflowers used to clean up radiation
Scientists have discovered that sunflowers can pull radioactive contaminants out of the soil, and researchers cleaning up the Fukushima site in Japan are putting the flowers to the test.