The main risk inside the storage facility is the chemical toxicity of uranium hexafluoride gas and fluoride compounds ...

Much of what I’m hearing is reminiscent of what we were told about “weapons of mass destruction” leading up to the Iraq War.

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

The United States joined Israel’s bombing campaign of Iran’s nuclear program. A clear picture of the damage inside Iran—and the state of its nuclear strength—is still unfolding.

The newly detected Fukushima radiation was minute. The level of cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission, in seawater was just four-tenths as high as traces of the isotope naturally found in the ...

Only those who serve the dead reactor and its three functioning neighbors can pass beyond.</p> <p>In April 1986, workers and engineers scrambled to keep the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s ...