A mushroom-shaped cloud from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion of July 25, 1946, in the Marshall Islands. (Getty) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

"I believe the quote was, 'start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis.' Neither China or Russia has conducted a nuclear explosive test, so I'm not reading anything into it, or reading ...

Exclusive: Uranium waste from Aukus submarines will be enriched to an estimated 80%: the same level as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima ...

Yet another nuclear power “renaissance”? Again? The industry and its friends in high places would like us all to believe so. But, besides the fact that “relapse” would be a better word choice, we’ve ...

Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project—the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of ...

A new study found trace amounts of nuclear waste in sea turtles in the Marshall Islands and five locations in the continental United States, underscoring the enduring legacy of nuclear testing and ...

NEW YORK — In a packed hall overlooking the United Nations Headquarters, Kazakh nuclear justice advocate Aigerim Seitenova premiered her documentary “JARA — Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan.

Workers monitor the Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing, a circular machine in a large white room. The Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing generated its first plasma in 2019. Credit: National ...

It is extraordinarily challenging to re-read President Kennedy’s speech at American University 60 years ago and not feel a profound loss for a historical moment when negotiations on arms control were ...

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A fierce advocate for nuclear survivors, Abon told her story for decades, providing testimony to the United Nations. She died in 2018, without ever returning home. More than 70 years later, and ...

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Lemeyo Abon learned about snow from the movies played on projectors by visiting American sailors. But living on Rongelap — a remote tropical atoll in the central Pacific ...