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 ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, March 9, 2026. HISASHI MURAYAMA FOR « LE MONDE » On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami triggered the meltdown of three reactor cores at the Fukushima ...

LUSBY, Md. — Steam drifts above two steel-lined concrete domes at Calvert Cliffs, a 50-year-old landmark for carbon-free energy perched along the Chesapeake Bay. Those two domes, along with an ...

Will new nuclear power plants be built across Europe? EU Commission President von der Leyen is in favor. German Chancellor Merz says it's impossible.

Two villains emerge in this documentary: a historic earthquake, and corrupt people.

Now, far from the icy seas of Antarctica, what’s left of A23a is being eaten away by warmer waters. It’s in its death throes, ...

The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated ...

London: The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists.The iceberg, known as A23a, was once the largest on ...

Okuma is the closest town to the three nuclear reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11, 2011. On that day, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the ...

I couldn’t bear the thought of my hometown becoming a ‘place I can’t return to.’ I wanted to pass down our beautiful village ...

Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown is continuing on Sunday, March 8 at 9 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream.