Illustration of the inside of a nuclear fusion reactor. Researchers have created a spray coating for the reactor's walls which may increase the efficiency of the process. Illustration of the ...

Thirty years ago today, on Tuesday, April 26, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant melted down outside Pripyat, Ukraine. The resulting explosion killed 31 people almost immediately, and the spray of ...

The confinement over the fourth nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has not been functioning properly as a protective shield for almost three months. On Feb. 14, on the day of the ...

and “even [banning] outdoor spray-painting,” according to Science News. Severnini writes that while nuclear disasters are definitely deleterious to human health, shutting down power plants ...

Conducting a planetary defense test in space with a nuclear device is unlikely to happen: A malfunctioning launch could spray radioactive material in-atmosphere, and any nation seeking to put ...

Westinghouse Electric Company and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) Lyon have signed a memorandum of ...

At nuclear waste storage locations near the ocean, that salt spray can settle on the steel canisters. Generally, stainless steel is resistant to corrosion, which you can see in the shiny pots and ...

But sometime during the spring of 2018, unknown vandals spray-painted graffiti across its face: “Nuclear Waste. Property of USA Government. Please Return to Sender” and “Nuclear Waste.