The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or to Japanese “groupism.” Doing so is not only inaccurate or borderline racist ...

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union.

On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...

Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, experts say growing energy needs and advancing technology are bringing renewed ...

The only difference is that this time around, unlike in the previous systems, which were based around, unlike in the previous ...

This infographic shows the major nuclear accidents reported worldwide since 1952 (INES severity levels 4–7).

IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the catastrophic explosion. They charged straight into the ...

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 ...

Reason magazine's Ronald Bailey argued Tuesday on the RCP podcast that the lesson of Chernobyl is not that nuclear power is ...

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded after a planned safety test went catastrophically wrong. The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a chain ...