Nuclear power generates strong public anxiety, largely shaped by memories of Chernobyl in 1986 and the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Yet the data compiled by U.S. regulators, international health ...

HBO’s devastating five-part historical miniseries about a real disaster is suddenly climbing Apple TV charts worldwide seven years later.

Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, triggering nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant just an hour's drive from his home.

Nuclear energy, long stigmatized in Japan following the accident that took place on March 11, 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

After the explosion of reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986, the Soviet Union launched an enormous emergency response. Thousands of workers, soldiers, and specialists ...

Doctors ruled, therefore, that her defects were likely caused by her birth mother having lived close to Chernobyl in the years after reactor no.4 of the Nuclear Power Plant close to Pripyat exploded.

Today marks 15 years since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Some parts of the surrounding area are still recovering.

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a profound impact on nuclear safety management.

From Pripyat’s sudden evacuation to the Ferris wheel that never opened, these documented Chernobyl scenes show how eerie the ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

Will new nuclear power plants be built across Europe? EU Commission President von der Leyen is in favor. German Chancellor Merz says it's impossible.

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.