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4 days ago · There have been three accidents of level 5 or higher in the civilian nuclear power industry, two of which, the Chernobyl accident and the Fukushima accident, are ranked at level 7. The first major nuclear accidents were the Kyshtym disaster in the Soviet Union and the Windscale fire in the United Kingdom, both in 1957.
3 days ago · April 23, 2024. It is hard to believe that 25 years ago, the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) was born. After evaluating various top-down approaches to assess industry regulatory performance, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) worked with the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) to develop a risk-informed approach to reactor oversight.
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5 days ago · Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japanese cities to have been struck with atomic bombs dropped by the United States in the final stages of World War II, have lodged their protests with the U.S ...
2 days ago · Nuclear testing sites you can actually visit. On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear explosion occurred a few hundred miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Known as the Trinity test by J. Robert ...
4 days ago · The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, and was opened for signature in New York on 24 September 1996. It has achieved strong worldwide support. The Treaty will enter into force after it has been ratified by the States listed in its Annex 2.
1 day ago · A new arms race. The UN has said that a quantitative arms race seems imminent. The latest US nuclear posture review revealed a plan worth US$1.5 trillion (£1.21 trillion) to modernize US nuclear ...
4 days ago · Manhattan District The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Active 1942–1946 Disbanded 15 August 1947 Country United States United Kingdom Canada Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison/HQ Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S. Anniversaries 13 August 1942 Engagements Allied invasion of Italy Allied invasion of France Allied invasion of ...
