Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

This releases more neutrons, which continue colliding with other atoms, setting off a nuclear chain reaction. This in turn ...

The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a former base for atomic bomb testing, has lead to a cluster of health issues.

Contributor Content In the debate over energy, the effect on climate is certainly important, but so is the impact of geopolitical tensions on energy availability. Some experts believe nuclear energy ...

Sixty years ago, in the remote Lop Nur desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China successfully detonated its first atomic bomb, code-named “Miss Qiu”. The test, on October 16, 1964 ...

How does a nuclear reactor generate electricity? In a fission reaction, radioactive uranium atoms are split into two, kicking off a chain reaction that releases a large amount of energy in the ...

The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant resumed operations here on Oct. 29, the first reactor damaged in the ...

The operator of a nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, restarted one of its reactors on Tuesday, ...

One of the U.S. Department of Energy's goals is to foster a domestic or friendly nation supply chain for low-enriched uranium for current reactors and the next generation of nuclear technologies.

Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Nov. 4 said it has shut down the recently restarted No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant because of unspecified troubles with equipment.