On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant experienced a catastrophic explosion, leading to the ...

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, the Soviet Union rushed thousands of volunteers into a lethal radiation zone. Among them ...

How fast does radiation dissipate following a nuclear disaster? There have only been a handful of reactor meltdowns throughout the history of nuclear engineering, but the 1986 explosion at the ...

From Bhopal to the draining of the Aral Sea, discover some of the worst man-made disasters that have occurred around the ...

The Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, according to the official Iranian news agency Mizan ...

The main thing I recall about nuclear power from my childhood was receiving mixed messages. From one camp came cartoonish ...

Fresh DNA sequencing from 302 strays exposes 390 unique genes near the plant, challenging everything we thought about radiation survivors.

Bomb blasts hit Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, killing and injuring many people, according to emergency ...

Pennsylvania regulators are seeking $2.6 million in penalties from UGI because of a gas leak and deadly explosion at a ...

EUSTIS, Fla. — Florida’s State Fire Marshal is investigating an explosion that took place at a Eustis jewelry store Thursday morning, sending one person to the hospital. According to city officials, ...