radiation accidents

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A United Nations human rights expert urged Japan's government on Friday to provide evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster with more support,…

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Cham Dallas, University of Georgia(THE CONVERSATION) Because several generations have passed since the atomic…

By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States for the $40 billion aid package, which got final congressional approval on Thursday.“This is a…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. says Secretary-General António Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle that the United Nations and the International…

By The Associated Press CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency says it was possible that an accident could have occurred when Russian troops seized control…

By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to press for fighting to stop in Ukraine.The U.N. chief will…

By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA - Associated Press CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry…

By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site…

By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses" of radiation from digging trenches…