When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, the Soviet Union rushed thousands of volunteers into a lethal radiation zone. Among them ...

Preparatory work has begun for installing solar panels which the operators of the Chernobyl plant site say will help meet ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...

On March 4, 2026, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved construction of America’s first new commercial ...

Chornobyl NPP is progressing plans to restore the plant's New Safe Confinement following 2025 drone damage, with completion ...

During the 1990s the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant – formerly the Chernobyl NPP – continued operating with its remaining three RBMK reactors, but of course the 1970s-era automation ...

An interim report on options for the full restoration of the New Safe Confinement's protective functions is due to be ...

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor. In their continuing efforts to build a full-sized, functional replica of ...

This risk becomes particularly significant when a large nuclear reactor is involved. Nuclear plants are designed primarily ...

A Bloomberg analysis suggests the nuclear push comes too late to stop China’s nuclear capacity from overtaking the U.S. fleet at the start of the next decade.

A disaster at Israel’s reactor in Dimona would be less catastrophic than the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown, but the core is being kept in service far longer than intended, and experts warn that’s risky. It ...