Not all nuclear accidents make global headlines, but SL-1 was significant for being the first to take American lives. On January 3, 1961, three men died instantly when a small experimental reactor ...

Could a single mistake cause a nuclear meltdown? The SL-1 reactor explosion was a deadly incident that changed the way nuclear safety was handled forever. But what went wrong, and how did it happen?

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain ...

Damage inflicted by a drone strike on the protective structure surrounding a reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant has left it unable to perform its core safety role, Reuters reported, ...