Inside The Atom

Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile...

Filmmaker Jean Chabot looks at the use of nuclear energy in Quebec. Do we need this expensive and dangerous energy?

About the question of whether we should proceed in developing and using nuclear power and the breakdown at Three Mile Island, Harrisburg,...

On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded....

ITER is an international attempt to meet humanity's energy needs by harnessing nuclear fusion. We take you within the ITER project to see how close...

March 2011: The worst-case scenario for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident involved the evacuation of all of eastern Japan, but a secret plan to...

Nuclear has always been a controversial energy source. While Germany is phasing out its nuclear power plants, France is building a new generation of...

TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the site of one of history's worst nuclear disasters: the meltdown of three nuclear reactors. The...

As the effects of climate change become more and more apparent, a new generation of nuclear engineers is on the rise, hoping to help solve this...

A new uranium mill -- the first in the U.S. in 30 years -- would re-connect the economically devastated rural mining community of Naturita, Colorado,...