When most Americans plan vacations, they don’t think about radioactive zones. Yet, Chernobyl tourism has become something much deeper. I’ve walked those empty streets myself. It felt like stepping ...

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This picture taken on April 5, 2020, shows a person holding a Geiger counter at the scene of a forest fire at a 30-kilometer (19-mile) Chernobyl exclusion zone, not far from the nuclear power plant. - ...

Radiation levels surged 17 times higher than normal this week near the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, as forest fires tore through the disaster area, officials said. Ukraine’s emergency ...

With fires raging across Chernobyl, radiation levels have spiked 16 times above the normal amount in the uninhabited area. Firefighters in Ukraine have been battling two forest fires in an area near ...

Radiation levels near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster have spiked as firefighters battle to contain two forest fires in the area. Radiation levels near the site of the Chernobyl ...

Radiation levels in the Chernobyl exclusion zone spiked 17 times over the normal background reading Sunday, the head of Ukraine's ecological watchdog said Sunday, as forest fires blazed about 12 miles ...

Radiation levels near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster have spiked as firefighters battle to contain two forest fires in the area. A fire covering around 50 acres broke out on ...