BBC: The huge nuclear disaster hidden by the Soviets
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In 1957, a massive nuclear accident took place at the top secret Mayak nuclear station in the Soviet Union. At the time, it was the largest nuclear disaster in history. So why has no one heard of it?
Read MoreRemembering the night two atomic bombs fell—on North Carolina
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Sixty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, a B-52 bomber disintegrated over a small Southern town. An eyewitness recalls what happened next…
Read MoreProminent nuclear scientists did not recommend the atomic bombings of Japan
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This week marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The events of early August 1945, which changed the course of human history, might have been prevented had the Truman administration heeded the advice offered by seven prominent and prescient Manhattan Project scientists…
Read MoreDecades Later, Sickness Among Airmen After a Hydrogen Bomb Accident
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It was a late winter night in 1966 and a fully loaded B-52 bomber on a Cold War nuclear patrol had collided with a refueling jet high over the Spanish coast, freeing four hydrogen bombs that went tumbling toward a farming village called Palomares…
Read MoreNuclear: Leaning Tower of Vogtle: Arnie Gundersen & Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat
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In this prescient interview with Nuclear Hotseat host, Libbe HaLevy, Arnie goes over the problems at the Vogtle nuclear reactor construction in Georgia, where the weight of the unit is already causing it to sink into Georgia’s red clay. Arnie analyzed the data that became the basis for the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)’s petition…
Read MoreRSF urges Japan to stop pressuring the media on Fukushima-related topics
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As Japan commemorates the 9th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the authorities to let journalists freely report on the topic.
Read MoreWith No Cleanup Plan in Place, Santa Susana Field Lab Still Stokes Contamination Fears
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The Woolsey Fire started near the site of a 1959 reactor meltdown that released more radiation than the three mile island incident. Now Malibu residents worry their homes were tainted by radioactive fallout from the blaze.
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