The reactor had been offline for over a decade, and the company wanted to fire it back up, but the reactor had different ...

The WC-135R, which has arrived to an undisclosed UK base, is used to test if there have been radiation leaks into the ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers and others exposed to high doses of radiation showed mutations that were also evident in ...

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board is holding a special session to discuss risks to nuclear safety in Ukraine as concerns mount ...

Ukraine faces serious new nuclear-safety risks as a result of Russian strikes aimed at degrading its power grid, depriving ...

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s coast, triggering one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant was overwhelmed by the waves, ...