nuclear accidents and safety

Commentary On Sept. 20, the notorious Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Generating Station in Middletown, Pennsylvania, generated its last kilowatt of electrical energy. Exelon Generation, the operating company, closed TMI ...

Commentary I'm old enough to remember a time when using the term “nuclear energy” didn't evoke the fear ...

Swedes were once vehemently opposed to nuclear power, but the tide has changed, as is evident in public ...

TEPCO, the Japanese utility in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that melted down last year, admitted ...

A review of nuclear power plants across Europe by the European Commission recommended improving safety features on nearly ...

Netizens report that guards are restricting access to the disaster area because of the presence of an underground ...

Japan has a ways to go to prevent another perfect storm like the one that lead to the ...

The disaster that has befallen Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was man-made, with both the plant’s operator ...

The U.N.’s health agency released a report stating increased radiation levels caused by the compromised Fukushima Daiichi power ...

What catastrophic disaster in the Soviet Union occurred April 26, 1986?

A year after the catastrophic meltdown of the Fukishima nuclear reactors in Japan, the U.S. Senate is questioning ...

Sunday marks one year since disaster struck in Japan—the mega earthquake and giant tsunami that crippled the still-ailing ...