When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more ...

The NPT is essentially a bargain struck in the late 1960s between the states that had nuclear weapons and those that did not.

Outside of those in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics within the College of Engineering, few know that the University of Wisconsin is home to a one-megawatt TRIGA research ...

Every year, millions of shipments of radioactive material are transported by land, air and sea. These materials are crucial for medicine, industry, research, agriculture and energy production. Because ...

For decades, one of the main challenges facing nuclear energy has been how to safely and effectively store the radioactive waste produced by the process. In Finland, experts hope they have found a ...

The nuclear renaissance is just getting started and SMRs are the next frontier. These companies are some of the best ways to play it.

Yellow barrels of radioactive waste lined up on shelves - Onurdongel/Getty Images Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear ...

HBO’s true story of a harrowing nuclear disaster, Chernobyl is widely regarded as one of the greatest historical drama series of all time. Now, seven years after its release, the show is getting a ...

Melinda Zemper is a board member of Save Ohio Parks. This column has been updated. Creating a law declaring something is true doesn’t mean that it is. Take what lawmakers are trying to do with the ...

When most people hear the word radiation, their mind jumps straight to nuclear disasters, such as at Chernobyl or Fukushima. But radiation is everywhere. In fact, right now, as you read this, you are ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone.

In February, 5 On Your Side first covered the demolition of six homes in Cades Cove, and now, the radioactive waste underneath is getting cleared out. Remediation officially began mid-March and is ...