Netflix’s Brazilian thriller explores the Goiânia radiation disaster, following scientists and officials racing to contain a deadly contamination. Here’s when it releases, and what to expect.

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Louisville native Oksana Masters is now the most decorated U.S. Winter Paralympian of all time. Masters has a total of 22 ...

Doctors ruled, therefore, that her defects were likely caused by her birth mother having lived close to Chernobyl in the years after reactor no.4 of the Nuclear Power Plant close to Pripyat exploded.

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a stronger, more durable cement mortar that enhances radiation shielding. This innovation aims to make nuclear facilities safer by improving the material's ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.

To say that “No one died from radiation at Fukushima” or “There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident” misses the point, considering what the Japanese call ...

Nuclear accidents have become opportunities to strengthen and improve nuclear safety – while conveniently forgetting the lasting harm done to the victims.

In early November, Constellation Energy proposed a further expansion of the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Calvert County. But that plan, like every proposed nuclear expansion nationwide, faces ...