A Nuclear Reactor That Can’t Melt Down? Here’s How It Works

A new nuclear reactor design skips fuel entirely—eliminating meltdown risk while testing a safer future for nuclear power.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

From “Soviet” to “Japanese” nuclear disasters: the pitfalls of cultural exceptionalism

The last two months have seen the anniversaries of the two worst civilian nuclear catastrophes in history. Indeed, as of Sunday, April 26, it has been 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, which ...
KCRW

LA's Own Nuclear Meltdown Revisited

Since the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, the US has not built another nuclear power plant. But the drive to stop global warming has created new interest in power sources that don't ...
The Diplomat

Fukushima and the ‘Lessons Learned’ From Nuclear Disasters

March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster happened in Japan. This major nuclear accident initially shook the international community of nuclear experts to its core. As ...
Yahoo

40 Years After The Disaster, Chernobyl's Nuclear Plant Is A Tragic Time Capsule

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Control panel for Reactor 4 of the dilapidated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year ...
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See what Fukushima looks like 15 years after the nuclear disaster

Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, some places in the region look just as they did in the immediate aftermath of that fateful Friday ...