Nuclear fallout events, whether triggered deliberately or accidentally, are something we hope will never happen.

A nuclear war is often imagined as a map of colors: red zones where survival seems impossible, orange zones where danger is extreme, yellow zones where life might continue under pressure, and green ...

In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recreated part of the intense chaos inside a nuclear fireball to better understand how radioactive fallout forms. Their experiments revealed that ...

A nuclear fallout map was produced by experts for Scientific American. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated wind and weather patterns to predict the timeline of nuclear ...