Deep in Kyrgyzstan, a former secret Soviet uranium town now lives under the shadow of a slow-moving radioactive disaster. Decades of neglect left 23 unstable tailings ponds, contaminated water, rising ...
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to ...
When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster ...