In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...

As the threat of a nuclear war intensifies, the terrifying reality of what could happen after the bombs explode may cause more fear than the initial cataclysm. For decades, worst-case scenarios have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear fallout events, whether triggered deliberately or accidentally, are something we hope will never happen. But if they do, ...

Canberras became scientific workhorses in Britain’s nuclear age, flying through atomic clouds during Operation Totem and ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recreated part of the intense chaos inside a nuclear fireball to better understand how radioactive fallout forms. Their experiments revealed that ...

“We can replace assumptions with measurements, improve the models used to interpret nuclear debris, and support decision-making when it matters most.” Reading time 2 minutes In the aftermath of ...

Geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe underscore the urgency of addressing the climate and radiological consequences of a regional nuclear conflict. Even a small-scale nuclear conflict at the ...

President Donald Trump’s military strikes on Iran have sparked new fears that the world could soon be on the brink of a nuclear war. If so, cities like New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago would be ...

As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured the public's angst and imagination quite like Chernobyl. In the intervening years, Chernobyl has ...