VIENNA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Fukushima nuclear accident, while triggered by a natural disaster, was in essence a man-made disaster that exposed serious shortcomings in Japan's nuclear regulatory ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Nuclear power sits at the center of today’s climate debate because it can generate large amounts of electricity without the smokestacks and tailpipes that drive global warming. Yet calling it 100% ...

Editor’s note: This article is published after the passing away of Rod Ewing. The draft manuscript was prepared by both authors. It has been lightly edited for style, length, and clarity. Additional ...

Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are raising fears of a harmful radioactive accident, including from the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – but experts have ...