The Hanford Site, located in Washington State, was a key part of the Manhattan Project and subsequent Cold War nuclear weapons production. From 1943 to 1987, plutonium production at Hanford generated massive... Read more »
Accidents in facilities generating power from atomic fission represent critical events with potentially far-reaching consequences. These incidents, ranging from equipment malfunctions to natural disasters impacting plant operations, can result in the release... Read more »
The 1957 incident at the British plutonium production facility in Cumbria, England, involved a fire in a graphite-moderated reactor, releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere. This event, often ranked as the most... Read more »
Photographic documentation of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster provides visual evidence of the event’s impact. These images range from depictions of the ruined reactor number four to the abandoned city of Pripyat and... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in what was then part of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). A... Read more »
Catastrophic releases of radioactive materials from nuclear power plants, weapons tests, or transportation accidents pose significant threats to human health and the environment. The 1986 Chernobyl accident, for instance, resulted in widespread... Read more »