Nuclear weapons can produce some of the most devastating destruction of any device ever created by humankind -- so what happens when someone makes a mistake?

What happened there was a catastrophic disaster ... most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States. The Castle Bravo was scheduled for testing on March 1, 1954, the same day ...

On Mar. 28, 1979, the most significant nuclear power accident in U.S. history began after a pressure valve failed to close at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa. What followed ...

But fewer are aware of the Windscale fire. It was one of the world's first - and remains the UK's worst - nuclear accident. A nuclear reactor at the site in Cumbria caught fire on 10 October 1957 ...

The accident that took place at Fukushima Daiichi has fundamentally changed the nuclear power sector and its approach to safety. Experiences and lessons learned from the accident, as well as ...

MARCH 28TH, 1979 46 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE WORST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE UNIT TWO REACTOR THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN DAUPHIN ...