(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Eduardo B. Farfán, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When nuclear accidents ...
Twenty-five years ago today, reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in what's now Ukraine melted down. Some 600,000 workers were exposed to massive amounts of radiation and the ...
This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...
The severity level at the crippled, radiation-seeping Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station may be raised from a level five to a level seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale ...
TOKYO (AP) – Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their homes _ unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading ...