Japan announced Thursday that it will use a 72-foot robotic arm to collect samples of radioactive debris inside the Fukushima ...

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.

There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

Nuclear energy, long stigmatized in Japan following the accident that took place on March 11, 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Today marks 15 years since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Some parts of the surrounding area are still recovering.

Nuclear accidents have become opportunities to strengthen and improve nuclear safety – while conveniently forgetting the lasting harm done to the victims.

The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make huge cuts to the amount of time its staffers spend on safety and emergency ...

In an era of nuclear tension, the U.S. kept bombers airborne with live nuclear weapons 24/7 under Operation Chrome Dome. This risky strategy resulted in accidental drops in places like Goldsboro, ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has launched a new cleanup operation at the ...

Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are raising fears of a harmful radioactive accident, including from the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – but experts have ...

The 2025 World Nuclear Symposium marked the 50th incarnation of an event which began in the earliest days of World Nuclear Association’s forerunner organisation the Uranium Institute, growing from a ...