As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan was the culmination of years of feverish work — a hefty plutonium core that would soon be used to trigger the world’s ...

Atomic bomb survivors are seizing the moment ahead of a key United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament. They've taken part in a rally urging Japan to work harder for their ultimate goal: ...

The half-life of humanity is currently around 35 years,” said Nobel laureate in physics David Gross as he concluded an ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s warning on nuclear war gains relevance as Iran tensions rise, with global risks nearing historic ...

When the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the devastation seemed unimaginable. Yet, against all odds, ...

Whether it’s an act of war or terrorism, all that really matters in the moments after the blast is that there are ways to save yourself and your loved ones. Here’s what you can do to survive a nuclear ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/how-press-reported-atomic-bomb/ The New York Times proudly touted its exclusive coverage of the atomic bomb ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in western Africa when groundwater seeped into a rich vein of uranium ore. It controlled itself elegantly, its water moderator ...