Sep. 20, 2024 07:58 AM EDT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv's city center — a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country's energy system.
The massive blackened hulk juxtaposed...
Sep. 10, 2024 00:19 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from the bottom.
The robot's trip into the Unit 2 reactor is a...
Sep. 06, 2024 11:59 AM EDT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion.
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has asked mushroom-pickers to send samples of...