In Australia nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars

The Australian government has formally reopened the highly contentious debate on nuclear power by referring the issue to a parliamentary committee,…

Forget Fukushima: Chernobyl still holds record as worst nuclear accident for public health

The meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 exposed 572 million people to radiation. No other nuclear accident holds a candle …

Report warns India against untested technology for nuclear power plants

Twelve nuclear plants have been proposed in India that will use new, untested technology

Narora fire

Protecting Chernobyl

Government failure

COURT REFUSAL

Sealing the tomb

A foam spray can be used to seal the hazardous debris at Chernobyl, Ukraine, and also to safely transport radioactive wastes

75 years of Japan atomic bombings: An open letter from people of the US

We promise to keep raising our voices to our government regarding the importance of keeping arms control treaties, they wrote

Kudankulam plant will continue to operate despite failing to set up safe storage for spent fuel

NPCIL has missed 2018 deadline for building AFR facility to store spent nuclear fuel, which is currently kept within the power plant

Simply Put: 75 years of Hiroshima

Nitrogen pollution limits safe margin for other environmental issues, say scientists

Fertilizers are among a predominant source of nitrous oxide and ammonia pollution, say scientists at 8th Conference of the International Nitrogen …

Poison leak

The recent radioactive water leak in Tarapur has caused a furore and caught the authorities by their neck

G-7 plan against N-fallout

Chernobyl facts

Just what is heavy water?

Down To Earth explains the importance of the culprit behind the leak at Kakrapar on Friday

NUCLEAR CIVIL ASSET

Nuclear reality, damaged democracy

Indian policy-makers continue to vouch for nuclear energy after the Fukushima tragedy

Claim to safety

Calling trouble

Mobile phones damage brain cells

Can Cassini do it?

The technical wizardry that has gone into programming the probe will be put to the test in the most crucial post-launch event -- placing Cassini …

Gujarat's Kakrapar nuclear plant shut down after leak

The reactor will take at least 24 hours to cool

Nuclear protection pills for California residents

‘Indian civilian nuclear reactors should be opened to public scrutiny’

On March 11, authorities at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in southern Gujarat closed down one of its units as a precautionary measure …

Chernobyl closed

A requiem for the nuclear plant