The United States openly tracks thousands of nuclear warheads, yet a small number have slipped permanently out of reach. Yes, ...

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed missing weapons is somewhere between five and nine, depending on what ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

America's recent spate of nuclear mishaps may have roots in a broader geopolitical identity crisis for the nation's nuclear weapons program. And some observers say that the odds of a serious nuclear ...

The evolution of the so-called dread risk response has been explained by new research. People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events like terror ...

The US began removing its nuclear weapons from Britain around 2007, ending a “contentious presence spanning more than half a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - People caught up in a nuclear disaster are more likely to suffer severe psychological disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder rather than any harm from ...

The history of the United States' nuclear arsenal has been marred by a series of troubling incidents. The most concerning of these are the so-named "Broken Arrow" events—unfortunate accidents ...

The past risks of nuclear accidents, and the question of safely disposing radioactive waste have not gone away. It's our attention that shifted once again to the benefits. The energy landscape is ...

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