The battle to contain a fire at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster reveals a new danger on the front line of the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On January 3, 1961, the experimental SL-1 reactor at Idaho’s National Engineering Laboratory exploded, killing three crew members. Investigators ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 28, 1986, Swedish scientists detected high levels of radiation, bringing to light the reactor explosion that occurred two ...

In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...

In April 1986, the world changed forever when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster unfolded in what was then the Soviet Union. What began as a late-night safety test at Reactor No. 4 quickly turned into the ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre have agreed to a new phase of their joint core safety ...