CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says it has appointed a team to investigate the detection of radiation in and near a southeastern New Mexico facility that's the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers criticized a nuclear deal reached in Geneva last week, with one calling it a "poisoned chalice," but a majority of deputies who spoke Wednesday in a parliamentary hearing on the accord backed an initiative that appears to enjoy both wide public support and the endorsement of top clerics.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that any deal negotiated with Iran will be "failsafe" and will guarantee that Tehran will not have the capacity to develop nuclear weapons.
GENEVA (AP) — Declaring that Iran no longer wants to "walk in the dark" of international isolation, Iranian negotiators put forward what they called a potential breakthrough plan Tuesday at the long-stalled talks on easing fears that Tehran wants atomic arms.
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in Japan. While that tragedy highlighted the downside to nuclear power, has it changed opinions about the energy source?
Things seem to be getting worse in Japan right now. In the aftermath of a 9.0 earthquake, a massive tsunami and a nuclear power plant on the verge of meltdown, the US has urged any American citizens to evacuate Japan.
The State Department says the first U...
I feel for all of the people who are in need of help in Japan and other areas. After looking at this catastrophe, it makes me wonder if nuclear power is really a viable option for the energy crisis.
SOMA, Japan -- The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a Japanese nuclear plant Monday, devastating the structure housing one reactor and injuring 11 workers.