In 1980, a routine maintenance task inside a U.S. nuclear missile silo went catastrophically wrong. A dropped socket wrench ...

Doomsday Clock is closest to midnight as it's ever been, signaling urgent threat to the planet, says the letter writer.

At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a ...

In 1957, a British nuclear reactor caught fire and released radioactive contamination across the countryside. Officials downplayed the danger while workers fought the blaze at immense personal risk.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have unveiled their update on the Doomsday Clock to signal how close we are to 'the end of civilization'.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has released a new update on the ongoing discharge of treated water from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site, and it's good news. The newest batch ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan on June 17, 2025. - The Asahi ...