Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that the fires made it easier for contaminants to wash into nearby rivers.

Requested by the Government of the Russian Federation, the Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) mission ran from 13 to 30 January. The Team reviewed operational safety in Units 4 and 6 of the ...

Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) has begun excavation works to extend its Final ...

Global consensus indicates that nuclear power's role must increase, to address climate change and maintain global temperature rise below 1.5°C. This technology offers a viable alternative to fossil ...

The pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean, sustainable energy source represents one of the most challenging scientific and engineering goals of our ...

Scientists have discovered that a piece of uranium extracted from an African mine is a two billion-year-old natural nuclear ...

The technology could help produce more resistant materials and allow scientists more control over fusion reactions.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

People who lived near nuclear test and waste sites across the Mountain West and were sickened from their exposure to ...

What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...

Two much-watched advanced nuclear fuel technology companies—Oklo and Lightbridge—will consider co-locating their commercial ...

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear ...