Dubbed the Elephant’s Foot due to its bizarre shape - the highly dangerous mass of toxic material was formed in the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Around 30 people died from the immediate ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the extreme radiological hazards and lethal legacy of the highly radioactive mass discovered in the ...

Fittingly, it is also home to the most toxic mass in the world. After six months of investigating the decimated area with the assistance of remote cameras, the toxic mass — dubbed the “Elephant’s Foot ...

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 ...

Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of ...