Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Bombshell shows how the government tried to minimize the effects of radiation and prevent independent reporting through ...

Scientists from around the world gathered in Hiroshima in November with the aim of charting a path toward a world free of ...

CNN's Matthew Chance was given rare access to Kazakh villages where above-ground nuclear tests have left generations scarred. Here, he describes what he saw for CNN.com. SEMEY, Kazakhstan (CNN)-- ...

President Donald Trump's order for the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing has scientists fearing the world is closer than ever to a global catastrophe. Months before Trump's decision on Wednsday, ...

The U.S. military joined Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran on June 21, targeting nuclear sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan with bunker-buster bombs and cruise missiles. It remains unclear ...

Nuclear experts are urging the public to demand concrete steps to reduce the risk of devastation due to nuclear weapons.

The use of atomic bombs on Japan is often justified by the potential loss of Allied lives in a ground invasion and as retribution for Japanese war atrocities. The atomic blasts and subsequent ...

This is a compact version of the specialized slide rule included in the reference book "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons," published by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1957 and revised in 1962. The ...

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Japan’s long-standing status as a non-nuclear power is under fresh scrutiny after a report argued that the country could ...

Russia hit Lviv region with a medium-range ballistic missile. In fact, the enemy simulated the launch of a nuclear weapon. An ...