A tense return to the disaster foregrounds the heroism of the ‘Fukushima 50’ while raising questions about corporate secrecy and nuclear safety ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...

The U.K. once had more nuclear power stations than the U.S., USSR and France combined but hasn't completed a reactor since 1995. Nuclear energy accounted for 14% of the U.K.'s power supply in 2023 but ...

The biggest nuclear power plant in the United States is not a single hulking reactor, but a sprawling complex whose scale is measured in gigawatts and square miles. Its turbines quietly push out ...

The origins of nuclear power are complicated because it wasn't discovered by a single person. Nuclear power is a product of many scientists and engineers who worked across generations and borders.

Ms. Tuhus-Dubrow is the author of “Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy.” She wrote from Irvine, Calif. At the annual United Nations climate conference in ...