Restarting a closed nuclear plant is a complex regulatory process that involves numerous inspections, safety checks, part ...

Inside a Nuclear Reactor. Since the first reactor was created under the football stands at the University of Chicago, much of the world has become reliant on nuclear energy for its electrical ...

In the southeast of France, nestled among industrial buildings, engineers are working on one of the most ambitious projects ...

Just under those non-descript tiles and my feet, is a huge nuclear reactor. Inside the reactor are slim rods filled with uranium, all submerged underwater. The nuclear reaction heats the water to ...

After passing a sign that says “Welcome to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor” a dosimeter inside the bus jumped to 5.6 microseverts/hour.

Nuclear power plants have been around since the 1950s exploiting a fission reaction, whereby the atom is split in a reactor, releasing a massive amount of energy in the process.

Edge talked to reactor inspectors, Fukushima residents and nuclear scientists in the Japanese government to piece together Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, which premieres at 10 p.m. EST Tuesday ...

MIT’s research reactor was built in the 1950s, and its purpose has shifted over the decades. At various points, it’s been used to study everything from nuclear physics to medical therapies ...

Temperatures inside the reactors skyrocketed to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 Celsius). Fuel rods became molten puddles of uranium that chewed through the floors below. They left a radioactive ...

Few people ever get to go inside Sizewell B's nuclear reactor - but today, we can give you rare, privileged access to a scientific marvel right here in Suffolk usually hidden from sight.

Two full-size reactors in Georgia, the first new nuclear plants to be constructed in decades, took 15 years to build, seven years behind schedule, and cost twice their $14 billion budget. SMRs are ...

A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue. As a 28-year-old Navy lieutenant, Carter was one of the few people on the planet authorized to go inside a damaged nuclear reactor ...