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Idaho Falls (United States) (AFP) – A new generation of small nuclear reactors is up and running -- or nearly so -- in the United States, in what backers are calling a turning point for the industry.

The Trump administration is so eager to see a nuclear power renaissance that it is starting to fund billions of dollars for reactor orders. In a new deal expected to be announced Tuesday, low-interest ...

The steel structure sealing off the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site has suffered so much damage that it's no longer containing radiation effectively, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on ...

When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...

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The protective steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, constructed to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster, has reportedly lost its primary safety functions following a ...