After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an enormous emergency response. Thousands of workers, soldiers, and specialists ...

From the “Blue Deck” built on higher land within the confines of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the reactor buildings where a calamitous accident occurred are visible 80 to 100 meters away.

BRYON, Ill. — Eight workers were taken to local hospitals Tuesday after a chemical exposure at the Byron Clean Energy Center. Officials say the workers were transported as a precaution after a small ...