Scientists in China have implemented a new approach to remove heat from the core of a nuclear reactor. Researchers from the China Institute of Atomic Energy have tested a Residual Heat Removal (RHR) ...
FILE PHOTO: Three Mile Island nuclear plant incident - President Jimmy Carter, second from left, visits the nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., USA, April 4, 1979. Former President Jimmy Carter ...
Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...
Few manmade threats inspire as much fear as the potential of a nuclear meltdown. The fact that "Chernobyl," once an obscure Ukrainian town, is now globally recognized as a synonym for catastrophe ...
ATLANTA — In a 1952 episode that has taken on legendary status in recent years, Jimmy Carter -- then a young Naval lieutenant -- helped play a leading role in cleanup efforts at the world's first ...
ON MARCH 4, attorneys general from several states across the US announced they’d formed a coalition to oppose the Trump administration’s new rules slashing security and environmental requirements for ...