In a time when the world is focused on emerging technologies and geopolitical shifts, there are still stories from the past that haven’t faded away. One of them lies deep beneath an abandoned ...

A new class of material has been created in the lab that mimics the radioactive, lava-like waste created during nuclear meltdowns like those of Chernobyl and Fukushima. The simulant materials offer a ...

The Elephant’s Foot in Chernobyl, a highly radioactive mass, is the world’s most dangerous substance. Its lethal potential is so intense that it can kill you within two days if you look at it for five ...

A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...

the Elephant’s Foot was only emitting one-tenth of the radiation it once had. (Image: US department of energy) Beneath the ruined reactor lies the hardened mass called the Elephant’s Foot. It is ...

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The “Elephant’s Foot” formed by the Chernobyl disaster. A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a ...

The Elephant’s Foot, a solidified mass formed beneath Chernobyl’s Reactor Four in 1986, once emitted nearly 10,000 roentgens an hour, enough to kill within minutes. Created from molten fuel and debris ...