You’ve seen what a nuclear meltdown can do to your body in the movies. It can cause strange deformities, radiation burns, and ...

You’ve seen what a nuclear meltdown can do to your body in the movies. It can cause strange deformities, radiation burns, and extra body parts. But how much of that is true? Maybe you should’ve asked ...

A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.

TOKYO (AP) — The world's largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic ...

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March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster happened in Japan. This major nuclear accident initially shook the international community of nuclear experts to its core. As ...

Since the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, the US has not built another nuclear power plant. But the drive to stop global warming has created new interest in power sources that don't ...

The last two months have seen the anniversaries of the two worst civilian nuclear catastrophes in history. Indeed, as of Sunday, April 26, it has been 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, which ...

Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, some places in the region look just as they did in the immediate aftermath of that fateful Friday ...

LOS ANGELES — The Sandy fire is burning near a toxic waste area in California’s Simi Valley where a partial nuclear meltdown once took place, sparking concerns about the potential for contaminants to ...

“Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown” premieres on Sunday, March 1 at 9 p.m.. The two hour premiere is the first two episodes of a four part series marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear ...