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 ...

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, unclear orders and mixed signals between Moscow, Washington, and commanders on the ground ...

Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.

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

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

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

An employee of Japan's nuclear regulator lost his phone containing highly sensitive information in China while on a personal ...

Nearly 15 years after one of the world’s greatest nuclear disasters in Fukushima, Japan’s push to restart nuclear power has ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

How safe is the U.S. if an attack were to occur on our soil? Could Florida be a potential target? Here are some speculation ...

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 ...