The U.S. Department of Energy says it will use a helicopter to conduct routine aerial tests for background radiation around ...

Nuclear power generates strong public anxiety, largely shaped by memories of Chernobyl in 1986 and the Fukushima disaster in ...

PERRY, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over the Perry Nuclear Power Plant and surrounding areas from Monday ...

The first VVER-TOI unit at the Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant in Russia has had its power increased to 100% as its commissioning process continues.  ; ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul says a new nuclear power plant would help the state meet rising electricity demand. Residents are worried ...

Rates of cancer mortality — especially among older adults — were higher in communities closer to nuclear plants. And during the study period, the researchers estimated that roughly 115,000 cancer ...

TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in ...

US-wide study of 2000–2018 data estimates 115,000 excess cancer deaths. The study is the first in the 21st century to assess ...

Nuclear power seems to be having a moment. As the Trump administration methodically throws up roadblocks to slow, if not stop, carbon-free renewable solar and wind power, carbon-free nuclear appears ...

U.S. counties located closer to nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates than those located farther away, results of a national analysis showed.The study — which accounted for ...

Encouraged by the state legislature, Kentucky’s PSC and Energy and Environment Cabinet are exploring the development of nuclear power facilities in the state.