After World War II, nuclear power was heralded as the future of energy. Then the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 marked a turning point and solidified opposition. In two decades, a dozen ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear power has plenty of critics – those who point to the cost of building plants, environmental harm from mining uranium for nuclear fission, but most of all safety concerns. “To date, ...

10 Nuclear Disasters That Made the World Stand Still Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the most disastrous ...

While most people were still asleep just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, a malfunctioning valve set off what would become “the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nuclear Frontier, a new feature documentary narrated by actor Boyd Holbrook (Narcos, Logan), premieres tonight to a capacity crowd at the John F. Kennedy Center for ...

When you think of a US Nuclear accident, you probably think of Three Mile Island. However, there have been over 50 accidents of varying severity in the US, with few direct casualties. (No one died ...

Part of a nuclear reactor fuel rod element. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of advanced, better performing accident tolerant fuels being developed by three U.S. companies ...

Accidents like Chornobyl and Fukushima have damaged the public perception of nuclear power, leading to decreased investment and development. Nuclear power is a low-carbon energy source with a proven ...

Submarines appeared on the global stage during World War I, when Germany unleashed a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 to sever supply lines between Great Britain and its allies. In ...

It was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the U.S. — -- Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power ...

A Trump administration executive order is setting the U.S. on the fastest path to a nuclear accident. By demanding that the NRC cease to issue regulations and guidance without written permission from ...