The Chernobyl accident in 1986 and the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011 released radioactive materials into the air, soil and water around those two nuclear power plants. The general term for the ...

The Days on Netflix is a must-watch eight-episode thriller about Fukushima, human courage, and the choices behind a nuclear ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis to put it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world's worst nuclear power disaster. But for all their ...

TOKYO (AP) – Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their homes _ unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside ...

The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi has already been dubbed the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, and the situation there continues to worsen. But along with references to the “ch-word,” as ...

Nuclear power plants use radioactive materials to create energy, but which materials specifically? Turns out, it's mostly just one particular type of element.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Eduardo B. Farfán, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When nuclear accidents ...