The panic following the catastrophic meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in April 1986 resulted in nearly 400 fewer new nuclear power plants being built than had been ...

The radiation containment domes at Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station were, truth be told, pretty boring to look at: giant mounds of concrete, snap a picture, move on. The enormous cooling towers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen speaks at a press conference during the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels.

China’s nuclear industry’s free ride may soon be coming to an end. While nuclear power represents a mere fraction of China’s overall energy use—just over one percent—China plans to add another ten ...

Since economic liberalization in the 1990's, India has industrialized at record speed. While growth of 7 or 8% a year has led to American-style consumerism for those who can afford it, that's come at ...

Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a ...

Russia's Rosatom is promoting small, low-power nuclear reactors as a solution to Central Asia's energy crisis. Central Asian countries are considering nuclear power but have concerns about safety due ...

MANILA, Philippines — The government is banking on nuclear-based technologies to help curb the country’s mounting plastic pollution, President Marcos said, as he pushed for deeper global cooperation ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB A renewed push to reintroduce nuclear energy facilities to Oregon is headed toward a quiet end as the 2025 session speeds through its final days. One of the bills that made ...

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