One of the surviving reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was loaded with fuel last summer and recently turned back on, ...

We include incidents that include loss of life, environmental damage, and potential political and physical damage that may have been caused as a result. We've compiled a list of 10 of the worst ...

The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the world's worst nuclear accident, with 31 people dying immediately and thousands more ...

It was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the U.S. — -- Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power ...

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 ...

A survey has found hundreds of thyroid tumors, but Japanese officials say they are unrelated to the Fukushima meltdowns. Now they face a lawsuit. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Koriyama, Japan She ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

Part of a nuclear reactor fuel rod element. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of advanced, better performing accident tolerant fuels being developed by three U.S. companies ...