WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. nuclear regulator warned on Wednesday that one pool holding spent fuel at Japan's stricken nuclear plant may have run dry and a second could be leaking, something ...

The U.S. nuclear industry must do more to ensure the safety of spent fuel pools during extreme events and severe accidents to avoid another nuclear disaster similar to what happened in Japan in 2011, ...

Three nuclear stacks emitting steam are lit with red light against the darkening sky of an oncoming night. - Michael Nosek/Getty Images The process of refueling a nuclear plant, known as an outage, is ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a chilling what-if scenario: swimming in a nuclear spent fuel pool. This video explains what spent fuel pools are, how radiation behaves in water, what shielding actually ...

Several panel members urged Entergy to work toward moving more of its spent nuclear fuel out of the spent fuel pool and into so-called dry cask storage, which is widely viewed as safer and less prone ...

The process of refueling a nuclear plant, known as an outage, is a critical, time-intensive process. Despite its ominous name, refueling outages are an essential act of preventative care for nuclear ...