Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...

Teen's death linked to nuclear plant radiation exposure in lawsuit Piketon, OH A teenager died from complications of a bone ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

Clinton signs order to compensate U.S. nuclear workers. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Clinton on Thursday signed an order authorizing payments to thousands of U.S. nuclear wor ...

The clock is ticking. There are just 25 days left until thousands of Arizonans lose access to a lifeline that helps them pay for medical care they must receive after being exposed to federal nuclear ...

Julia Dunham is suing Centrus Energy in a wrongful death case after her daughter, Cheyenne Dunham, died in 2015. Julia sued ...

An Ohio teenager died from complications of a bone marrow transplant after developing a "rare" genetic condition caused by radiation from a nuclear plant she lived by, her mother says in a lawsuit.

Nuclear power plants are exposed to high-energy radiation, which degrades materials over time. Particles and rays interact with critical components, particularly in the reactor core, leading to ...