Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. nuclear power plant at dusk - hrui/Shutterstock Few manmade threats inspire as much fear as the potential of a nuclear meltdown.

Three Mile Island brings back memories of the horrors of a nuclear accident. The event occurred near Harrisburg (Pa.), in March of 1979. The Unit 2 reactor core partially melted down when equipment ...

FILE PHOTO: Three Mile Island nuclear plant incident - President Jimmy Carter, second from left, visits the nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., USA, April 4, 1979. Former President Jimmy Carter ...

Since the 1950s, the Idaho National Lab, known locally as “the site,” has been the testing grounds for nuclear reactors for both the Department of Energy and the U.S. Military. But producing any type ...

The familiar towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor will come down in the next several years as the plant is decommissioned. TMI Unit 2 is the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in ...

President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli parliament after Hamas released some hostages back to Israel. by ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA Associated Press SOMA, Japan (AP) - A second hydrogen ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.

Former President Jimmy Carter brought calm and hope to central Pennsylvanians in the wake of the most serious accident at a commercial nuclear plant in U.S. history. Carter died Sunday after starting ...