If all workers do in fact leave the plant, the nuclear fuel in all three reactors is likely to melt down, which would lead to wholesale releases of radioactive material — by far the largest accident ...

Not all nuclear accidents make global headlines, but SL-1 was significant for being the first to take American lives. On January 3, 1961, three men died instantly when a small experimental reactor ...

Damage inflicted by a drone strike on the protective structure surrounding a reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant has left it unable to perform its core safety role, Reuters reported, ...

Ukraine said in February a Russian drone had struck the protective shelter housing the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. A fire at the site was ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

Studies suggest that nearly half a million people died in the U.S. alone from complications related to pollution from coal-fired electrical plants in the 21 years from 1999 to 2020, yet nobody seems ...

Smoke rises after a fire broke out following a reactor explosion at Sigachi Chemical Industry in Pashamailaram (Photo: PTI) ...

I was thinking more like 10 meters, not 100. The most energetic event isn't a nuclear bomb, or even close, unless we are talking about the absolute most extremely insane designs. Click to expand ...

It's still hard to tell what the exact situation is at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 170 miles north of Tokyo. Concerns were first raised about damage Friday, after the earthquake and ...