The Trump Administration is putting the U.S. public at increasing risk by weakening the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, the ...

In the past two years, half of all states have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans, according to the Nuclear ...

From the world watching in horror as the Challenger space shuttle exploded to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that upended ...

The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom will make contributions to the EBRD-managed International Chernobyl ...

The governor on Monday directed the New York Power Authority and the Department of Public Service to develop plans for a new ...

Merryn Somerset Webb started her career in Tokyo at public broadcaster NHK before becoming a Japanese equity broker at what ...

The US airstrikes on Irans nuclear facilities may not spark a Chernobyl-style disaster, but experts warn of real risks closer ...

While there might be impacts in a “very local area,” the bombing shouldn’t create “a massive environmental fallout,” one ...

Emergency responders worked to “eliminate the consequences” of the February 14 drone strike on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on February 18, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President ...

The containment arch protecting the remains of reactor No. 4 at the former Chernobyl power plant, after a drone attack, in Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. EFREM LUKATSKY / AP A Russian Shahed drone ...

Unit 4 at Chernobyl – near Ukraine’s border with Belarus – exploded in 1986, sparking a radioactive disaster. The reactor was later encased in a concrete and steel sarcophagus.

The 2-billion euro ($2.1 billion) structure, built in 2019, enclosed the original concrete shelter that was built over what was left of the exploded reactor.