Israel strikes. IAEA warns of possible radiation leak with serious consequences, as communication with Iran’s nuclear ...

Social media-fueled theories of World War 3 have raised questions over what US states are safe should nuclear war happen.

A Cold War-era map from a 1986 study shows the devastating potential death toll if nuclear bombs were dropped on the United ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated wind and weather patterns to predict the timeline of nuclear fallout, including the paths through which radiation would spread ...

Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in ...

Sherrie Hanna is looking for justice, and the clock is ticking. The problem she's taking on is a big one - so large, in fact, that there's no definitive answer on the number of people impacted.

Talk about a powerhouse food. Like anything within its radius, food can also be susceptible to the effects of nuclear ...

A fungus that evolved at Chernobyl and is now grown on the ISS, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, slightly reduced radiation levels.

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 ...