Nuclear power grew in popularity during the 1960s and 1970s — until 4 AM on March 28, 1979, ...
The disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station exposed the ...
Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a profound impact on nuclear safety management.
In early November, Constellation Energy proposed a further expansion of the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Calvert County. But that plan, like every proposed nuclear expansion nationwide, faces ...
A Bloomberg analysis suggests the nuclear push comes too late to stop China’s nuclear capacity from overtaking the U.S. fleet at the start of the next decade.
The federal regulatory agency tasked with keeping America’s nuclear power plants safe and running smoothly is set to make ...
The 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster occurred on the morning of Dec. 11, 1990, on a section of Interstate 75 near Calhoun, Tennessee.
The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...
Emergency management officials from Dauphin and surrounding counties toured Three Mile Island Friday as the plant’s owners plan to restart Unit One by the ...
About 50 years ago, our area was given the gift and promise of energy too cheap to meter. Huge towers rose on an island in the Susquehanna River, the main tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. The first ...