Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On October 10, 1957, a hidden disaster unfolded at the Windscale nuclear facility in the coastal town of Cumbria, Northwest ...

A remotely-operated rescue robot capable of withstanding hazardous environments has been evaluated at the UK's Sellafield nuclear site. Designed and manufactured by British engineering firm Forth, the ...

Safety concerns have been uncovered at UK's most hazardous nuclear disposal site, leading to fears of a nuclear accident. Radioactive plutonium and uranium have been stored in degrading plastic ...

The Fukushima nuclear disaster, already casting a long shadow over the nuclear industry, has claimed another victim. Last week, Britain's Nuclear Decommiss ioning Authority (NDA) announced that it ...