As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...

Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

Scientists have detected elevated levels of iodine-129, a nuclear activity tracer, in the West Philippine Sea.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc investigated a control-rod alarm failure at its nuclear reactor in central Japan ahead of this week's planned restart -- its first since the 2011 Fukushima ...

In 1952, a Canadian nuclear reactor suffered the world’s first meltdown during what was supposed to be a routine test.

A catastrophic reactor failure left a nuclear submarine on the brink of explosion deep beneath the ocean. With no backup ...

As we despair about Gaza, Venezuela, and many other disasters caused by human beings, an even more sinister threat looms over us: The Golden Dome. In ...

Eight communities in upstate New York have told the New York Power Authority they'd like to host a nuclear power plant.

Japan is preparing to restart the Kashiwazaki‑Kariwa plant, the world’s largest nuclear power station, nearly 15 years after Fukushima Former atomic regulator Tatsujiro Suzuki warns that, despite ...

Chernobyl is a historical drama miniseries by HBO, based on the true story of the catastrophic Chernobyl nuclear disaster in ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Before the 2004 tsunami, researchers found traces of coral reef uplift on Simeulue Island, Aceh, which caused ancient ...