Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

The path to removing the plant’s estimated 880 tons of nuclear debris is fraught with technical and human risks ...

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

World War II, a report co-authored by environmental studies researcher Amanda Nichols finds that nuclear radiation ...

Radiation-resistant nanomaterials enhance durability in nuclear systems by mitigating damage, improving structural integrity, ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 ...

Using an infrared pulsed carbon dioxide laser, project leader Howard Milchberg and his team showed that they could detect low ...

First responders undergo all kinds of training exercises, including some of the most drastic scenarios — including nuclear ...

A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout ...

A multi-institutional team of physicists and engineers has developed a laser-based radiation detection system that operates ...

Ohio State University researchers develop a battery that converts nuclear waste into electricity using scintillator crystals ...

Fourteen years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, radiation levels have decreased, but decommissioning efforts remain ...