The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site simulation explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945. The ...

Norman Kleiman, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, said nuclear testing can range from nonradioactive, known as subcritical, to incredibly radioactive. He ...

Trump’s command risks a global arms race while the Doomsday clock ticks closer than ever to midnight, experts say ...

Critics warned that even underground testing carries huge risks to the public while accelerating a dangerous arms race.

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing after more than three decades without explosive tests, a move that experts say could unravel global ...

Federal investigators say 24,000–28,000 pounds of explosives detonated at Tennessee’s AES plant, killing16 workers in one of ...

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

President Donald Trump Thursday sowed confusion among experts with his call for the start of nuclear weapons testing, with ...

Stimson's essay concluded: "With the release of atomic energy, man's ability to destroy himself is very nearly complete. The ...