An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new report from CNBC examined the problem of nuclear waste disposal, as the Trump administration plans to ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

The nuclear power workforce in the United States could more than triple by 2050 if the industry reaches its expansion goals, and a new Chattanooga nonprofit wants to attract and begin training those ...

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people ...

As a first-generation West African American living in Spring Lake Park, I am heartbroken and outraged by the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, a crisis that receives far less attention than ...

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As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

In 1964, China detonated a 22-kiloton nuclear device at a test site in the arid northwestern Xinjiang region—and the political fallout reached Washington. Worried about the prospect that many ...

Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may make all the difference. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

After the referendum on restarting nuclear power failed, official and civil nuclear watchers are raising awareness about existing issues of where and how to store highly radioactive spent fuel rods.