One of the turning points in history took place on April 26, 1986, when one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Now, scientists suspect that solar storms powerful enough to collapse portions of modern power grids for months may hit the ...

Its remembrance day is a stark reminder of nuclear perils and human resilience Every year on April 26, the world pauses to commemorate International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, honouring the ...

T he International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revealed that Ukrainian engineers and workers are carrying out temporary ...

Scientists have confirmed that the lands around Chernobyl can be cultivated once again. Research indicates that the radiation ...

There are fears such an accident could dwarf the infamous Chernobyl disaster ... these pools normally contain around six reactor core-loads of nuclear fuel and are packed with fuel assemblies ...

They used declassified US documents to develop the technology.

I first heard of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor breakdown on the morning of ... authorities began evacuating the local Soviet population. “The heart of the reactor—the hot radioactive core—is in ...

It raises key questions around coolant level measurement technologies, such as noncontacting gravity sensors vs. traditional methods. It helps engineers better understand the economic and logistical ...

It was history. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, magnitude 9.0, struck 80 miles off the Northeast Coast of Japan, generating a series ...