A nuclear engineer breaks down the Castle Bravo disaster, exploring the science behind the devastating 1954 nuclear test and ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

A shield covering the destroyed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is no longer blocking radiation from the disaster site in Ukraine, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has said. Ukraine said in February ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Atomic Energy Agency has released a new update on the ongoing discharge of treated water from Japan's Fukushima ...

The powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula without warning on New Year’s Day shed light on the difficulty of evacuating residents around a nuclear power plant to safety. At the time of the ...

A documentary analysis of Türkiye's all-hazards emergency planning system finds strong arrangements for radiological ...

TOKYO — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for more use of atomic energy. The magnitude 9.0 ...

(via Kyle Hill) On October 10th, 1957, a nuclear reactor fire broke out at Windscale in the UK becoming the first nuclear disaster to directly impact the public. Long before Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

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The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, managed by the Tokyo Electric Power Company experienced a catastrophic accident in 2011 that led to widespread public ...

Japan Marks 15 Years Since Tsunami Disaster as Takaichi Pushes More Nuclear Energy Use TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its ...