The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that particle accelerators can crack one of nuclear power’s oldest ...

In a Las Cruces forum, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, along with medical experts and advocates, urged nuclear radiation victims to apply for funds.

Ohio needs an ethical, 21st-century energy policy that includes wind, solar and other truly clean, emissions-free, renewable ...

Sherrie Hanna is looking for justice, and the clock is ticking. The problem she's taking on is a big one - so large, in fact, that there's no definitive answer on the number of people impacted.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated wind and weather patterns to predict the timeline of nuclear fallout, including the paths through which radiation would spread ...

In places like Chernobyl and Fukushima, where nuclear disasters have flooded the environment with dangerous radiation, it ...

As America’s energy demands grow exponentially, the country won’t be able to keep up without more nuclear power. For decades, the climate-friendly industry has been held back by overly burdensome ...

The Senate passed legislation Thursday that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago. The bill by Sens. Josh ...

Members of both parties hope the administration will back up its “Make American Healthy Again” slogan with new support for long-stalled legislation. Lawmakers and advocates working to secure ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

CHILDREN of the Chernobyl “liquidators” who risked it all to clean up the toxic mess are now suffering the consequences, ...

Nuclear power plants are exposed to high-energy radiation, which degrades materials over time. Particles and rays interact with critical components, particularly in the reactor core, leading to ...