Nuclear Power

Nestled in the very back of the federal spending and policy bill passed last month, there’s an obscure provision that could change the lives of uranium miners exposed to radiation. It’s an extension of the previously expired Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act of 1990.

As nuclear manufacturers and researchers descend on Texas, responding to the governor's legislative call, environmentalists and analysts voice their concerns.

Wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing at least the temporary shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility.

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

In 1986, Dr. Alla Shapiro was a first responder in the Soviet Union when a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded.

From Texas Standard : Even as much of American life has been on pause over the past few months, a plan to move radioactive nuclear waste to West Texas...

From Texas Standard . As President Donald Trump touts America’s nuclear arsenal, two nuclear weapons plants in the U.S. are running into some financial...

One important thing about a nuclear power plant is that it has to be manned and maintained 24-7 -- no matter what - even when there’s a…

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast the South Texas Project nuclear power plant was put through its toughest weather test since going online in…