The world was a very different place on March 11th, 2011, than it was on April 26th, 1986. While it was the detection of a ...

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

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

A steel shield preventing radiation spread from the Chernobyl site isn't working as intended anymore. The IAEA said on Friday that the New Safe Confinement shelter had "lost its primary safety ...

Russian drone strikes damaged a structure containing remains from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine - one of the largest nuclear disasters in human history ...

In Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

The Chernobyl tragedy was one of the most dreadful tragedies of all time. It happened when a routine test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant went horribly wrong. A massive explosion ripped through ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey ...

College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has ...