The US Department of Energy has greenlit the safety basis for the MARVEL microreactor, clearing the path for its first experiments.

Portugal has no nuclear production or reactors. The Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, spoke out against nuclear in November last year, saying that "it's not suitable ...

From Pripyat’s sudden evacuation to the Ferris wheel that never opened, these documented Chernobyl scenes show how eerie the ...

An interim report on options for the full restoration of the New Safe Confinement's protective functions is due to be presented later this month. Serhii Tarakanov, Director General of SSE Chornobyl ...

Okuma is the closest town to the three nuclear reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11, 2011. On that day, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the ...

A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building near Scotland's busiest railway station.

Retrospective: a week of turning points that shaped the world (The Independent) Nuclear fears rip through this week’s ...

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 ...