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09:35 AM EST on May 15th, 2013 | 8 comments

U.S. nuclear plant vulnerable to ‘Timothy McVeigh type’ of attack? Expert: What if it was a bomb instead of goldfish?

04:04 PM EST on May 14th, 2013 | 50 comments

Scientist: Nuclear material “continuing to come from the reactor area” at Fukushima Daiichi — First researchers to test within 5 km of plant (VIDEO)

01:08 PM EST on May 14th, 2013 | 33 comments

Death Blow? “Complete rejection” of plan to restart ailing California nuclear reactor without public hearing — Plant corroding as it sits idle

11:47 AM EST on May 14th, 2013 | 36 comments

‘Absurd’: Intentionally dumping Fukushima nuclear material into ocean from land “is not considered dumping” — Allowed under international law?

10:59 AM EST on May 14th, 2013 | 6 comments

‘Nuclear waste wild card’ at burning St. Louis area landfill — “We’re looking for trends in that radioactive data” — Contamination migrating closer to area on fire? (VIDEO)

10:12 AM EST on May 14th, 2013 | 10 comments

Crack at U.S. nuclear plant caused radioactive leak — Workers searching for more breaches — Congressman ‘very concerned’ — Reactor shut down until further notice (VIDEO)

01:06 PM EST on May 13th, 2013 | 52 comments - (Comments are closed)

TV: ‘Slow sinking’ contributed to breaches in containment at giant sinkhole — Trying to keep oil from escaping — Concern over ‘future risk’ in area (VIDEO)

11:15 AM EST on May 13th, 2013 | 65 comments

CNBC: Nuclear power has taken a beating — Engulfed by ‘cauldron of events’ — Staggering change from just a few years ago — Not many had forecast it would “all go wrong at once”

10:27 AM EST on May 13th, 2013 | 6 comments

Emergency declared due to fire at U.S. nuclear plant — ‘Unusual Event’ lasted over 90 minutes

09:39 AM EST on May 13th, 2013 | 48 comments

Rolling Stone: “Mass release of floating radioactive particles in metro St. Louis” possible from inferno at landfill? Fire “smells like dead bodies” — 8,700 tons of nuclear waste nearby

09:16 PM EST on May 12th, 2013 | 32 comments

TV: Leaking Strontium-90 is “boiling the material around it” at U.S. nuclear site — Eating through tank liners (VIDEO)

12:37 PM EST on May 11th, 2013 | 43 comments

Kyodo: Terror drill at Fukushima nuclear plant — Fears about ‘highly fragile’ cooling systems

08:25 AM EST on May 11th, 2013 | 29 comments

‘Vibrations’ cause shutdown of U.S. nuclear reactor — Crews forced to wait hours to get into area

03:54 PM EST on May 10th, 2013 | 35 comments - (Comments are closed)

Footage of large breach at giant Louisiana sinkhole (VIDEO)

01:14 PM EST on May 10th, 2013 | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

Officials: Five breaches overnight at giant Louisiana sinkhole — Water levels not stabilized — Continues to fill sinkhole and containment area

11:14 AM EST on May 10th, 2013 | 32 comments

‘Emergency decontamination’ needed in places used by Fukushima kids — Highly radioactive material accumulating — City Official: Many times higher than previous record for urban areas

10:29 AM EST on May 10th, 2013 | 15 comments

Tepco to demolish makeshift cover at Fukushima Reactor No. 1 — Trying to remove “radioactive material” — Will take 4 years for new one (PHOTO)

03:51 PM EST on May 9th, 2013 | 69 comments

Report: U.S. nuclear site cleanup may be too dangerous — “Plutonium could congregate to trigger nuclear chain reaction” — Problems at Hanford ‘a show-stopper’

02:12 PM EST on May 9th, 2013 | 3 comments

Hot particle detected in leaking tank at U.S. nuclear plant — Significant radioactive contamination in the water (AUDIO)

12:44 PM EST on May 9th, 2013 | 16 comments

Worry about “wall of water heading towards the control room” at U.S. nuclear plant if leaking 300,000 gallon tank fails? — Flood control berm in place (AUDIO)

10:53 AM EST on May 9th, 2013 | 29 comments

Cover over Reactor No. 1 to be removed at Fukushima plant — Radiation levels expected to rise

10:10 AM EST on May 9th, 2013 | 24 comments

Report: Tepco now dumping contaminated water from Fukushima plant into ocean — 200 tons of radioactive groundwater “pumped out”

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