Nuclear plants are prime targets in wartime Ukraine. Renewables are safer, cheaper—and already on the rise.

The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...

The US could have boots on the ground in Ukraine -- though not in the way many might expect. During a recent phone call between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Unusual fungi found in the damaged nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant may prove useful in space. Research conducted on the species Cladosporium sphaerospermum could contribute to the ...

Nuclear power became a hot topic this week as President Trump floated a plan to make Ukraine’s energy grid great again by bringing in US “electricity and utility expertise” to take over its ...

In recent years, scientists have been exploring ways to make space travel safer and more sustainable. One surprising discovery comes from an unlikely place: the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

OTTAWA—The Liberal government is lending AtkinsRéalis, formerly SNC-Lavalin, up to $304 million to design the next generation of CANDU nuclear reactors, a move that could allow the company to ...

Michigan could soon host the United States’ first commercial small modular nuclear reactors—essentially mini nuclear plants with simpler and more compact designs that proponents say could ...

And in practical terms, the experts said, Western nuclear technicians lacked experience working with the Soviet-designed VVER reactors used in Ukraine.