Bikini Atoll’s tragic history involves U.S. nuclear testing, which not only destroyed the island’s environment but also ...

Many advocated the internationalization of atomic weaponry after the war. Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle did not.

The history of North Korea's claimed nuclear tests. — -- Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's trip to neighboring South Korea this weekend, tensions between the United States and North Korea ...

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...

National Park Service visitors to Hanford’s B Reactor sit in front of the towering front face of the Eastern Washington reactor while hearing about its role in launching the Atomic Age. Laurie ...

Section 1. Purpose. The United States led the development of civilian nuclear power through the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Reactor Testing Station (now known as Idaho National Laboratory), ...

(Corrections & Clarifications: This story previously misstated how far nuclear fallout from the government's atomic tests reached. Fallout from the initial Trinity Test reached 46 of the 48 contiguous ...

Roxanne Panchasi has previously received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Simon ...

For Liam Tunkin, making music is about continuing his late father's legacy and sharing a dark part of Australia's history.