Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

Residents of the region continue to battle health and environmental issues from the April 26, 1986, disaster as conflict ...

In July 1946, at the remote Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the United States conducted two of the earliest nuclear explosion tests. Codenamed Operation Crossroads, the project aimed to study ...

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 ...

On April 26, 1986, the explosion at Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant forever changed the lives of millions ...

At 1:23 am on April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at one of ...

Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK government has always denied this.

Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

Whilst calculating the precise likelihood of nuclear war remains complicated and unpredictable, rising global tensions have heightened that danger. Although numerous countries are working together to ...