After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an enormous emergency response. Thousands of workers, soldiers, and specialists ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

Doctors ruled, therefore, that her defects were likely caused by her birth mother having lived close to Chernobyl in the years after reactor no.4 of the Nuclear Power Plant close to Pripyat exploded.

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a profound impact on nuclear safety management.

When Oksana Masters crossed the finish line to capture her 10th Paralympic gold medal on March 6th, it was just another amazing chapter in a book filled with them.

Spare a thought for the iceberg A23a which, after an extraordinary 40-year life voyaging around the southern Atlantic Ocean, is this month expected to die unnoticed close to the island of South ...

LUSBY, Md. — Steam drifts above two steel-lined concrete domes at Calvert Cliffs, a 50-year-old landmark for carbon-free energy perched along the Chesapeake Bay. Those two domes, along with an ...

The official investigation into the Fukushima disaster called it a “made in Japan” failure by a nuclear industry that suffered from regulatory capture, faulty leadership, defective engineering, and ...

Seeking a motive for the assassination of Kenneth Marston, an upright and much-admired English executive, investigators would ...

Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, triggering nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant just an hour's drive from his home.

Two villains emerge in this documentary: a historic earthquake, and corrupt people.

London: The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists.The iceberg, known as A23a, was once the largest on ...