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

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

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said a huge amount of radioactive materials apparently had attached to shield plugs of the containment vessels in the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors. Radiation ...

While nuclear reactors serve as a reliable source of ... Unlike other forms of radiation, they cannot be blocked or masked, making them a reliable indicator of reactor activity.

It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear history. Though only small amounts of radiation escaped the reactor ...

Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source for ... The group's detector design exploits Cherenkov radiation, a phenomenon in which radiation is emitted when charged particles moving ...

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

A black fungus that's growing in Chernobyl's infamous No. 4 nuclear reactor is absorbing some of its radiation as part of its ...

Argonne National Laboratory is developing Gen-IV nuclear reactors, including sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs).

Nuclear laboratories in Canada have shown interest in exploring the commercialization of small reactor designs. A Request for ...

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 ...

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