Exactly 33 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, the name "Chernobyl" is still synonymous with disaster. And still, people are fascinated by the mystery of what exactly happened that ...

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain ...

Shutterstock When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, it was a terrifying event for people around the world. As ...

Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant restart delayed due to alarm malfunction, marking a crucial test for the nuclear industry.

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world's largest nuclear facility by installed capacity, has been offline ...

Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi, a seismologist and a former member of a Japanese government panel on nuclear reactor safety, ...

Repeated incidents at or near the Zaporizhzhia power plant have fueled fears of a potential nuclear disaster, with Russia and ...

Switzerland's Beznau nuclear power plant — the oldest operating nuclear facility in the world — is drawing scrutiny after ...

Nearly 15 years after one of the world’s greatest nuclear disasters in Fukushima, Japan’s push to restart nuclear power has ...

Japan's nuclear regulatory authority has suspended the safety assessment of reactors 3 and 4 at the Hamaoka nuclear power ...

(CNN) — Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a ...

Japan is preparing to restart the Kashiwazaki‑Kariwa plant, the world’s largest nuclear power station, nearly 15 years after Fukushima Former atomic regulator Tatsujiro Suzuki warns that, despite ...