Rappler's latest stories on Chernobyl
Selfies from the disaster zone: how the HBO series changed Chernobyl tourism
'They do not need information anymore, they just want to take a selfie,' says the Chernobyl plant tour guide on a new generation of tourists flocking to the disaster site for photos and 'not learning'

HBO's 'Chernobyl' sparks tours, stokes fears in Lithuania
Lithuania is getting a lot of tourist visits after the show 'Chernobyl' was filmed in the country

'I'm no hero' says Chernobyl diver portrayed in hit TV series
Oleksiy Ananenko is one of 3 men who helped avert an even greater disaster after the worst nuclear accident in history

'Chernobyl' TV series reaps praise, criticism in Russia
Russian audiences praised the series for what they said was its eerie accuracy

The week in photos: April 21-27, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

Going home to Chernobyl ghost town 32 years on
All the inhabitants of Pripyat, a town of nearly 50,000 built just two kilometers from the plant to house its employees, were evacuated the day after the world's worst nuclear disaster

Ukraine, Belarus leaders mark Chernobyl anniversary
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko calls the explosion and its dire aftermath an unhealing wound with which we as a people live with

Ukraine moves giant new safety dome over Chernobyl
The 2 1 billion euro 2 2 billion structure sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD has been put into place over an existing crumbling dome that the Soviets built in haste when disaster struck 3 decades ago

30 years on, Ukraine remembers Chernobyl catastrophe
There was crying and screaming says a resident as she recalls the day the world s worst nuclear accident occurred

Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world
30 years later the number of people who died in those chilling days and subsequent years from radiation poisoning remains a matter of intense dispute

Defying radiation, elderly residents cling on in Chernobyl
158 people still live in the exclusion zone in Chernobyl Ukraine – site of the world s worst nuclear accident

Why revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant?
Pro nuclear energy advocates say reviving the mothballed plant is a cheaper alternative

Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukrainians marks 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed

3 things you can do on Earth Day and beyond
If people nature and the economy can all coexist harmoniously towards sustainable development then humanity will have a chance to survive on Earth

'Snow White' takes bite out of N. America box office
Starring Charlie Theron Snow White and the Huntsman earns US 56 3 B over the weekend