Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast, Getty, Asmaa Waguih, Google Maps ZAPORIZHZHYA, Ukraine—Employees at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine , one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the world, are facing an impossible decision. Do they hold on to their critical jobs and work under daily bombardment—or do they pack up their lives and flee to safety, despite the risk of an imminent nuclear catastrophe ? Escalating attacks on the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhya plant is located, have sparked global panic—and for good reason. Ukraine has [...]

Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Showers In Siberia In a remote Siberian town, residents are enjoying warm showers thanks to a nuclear reactor which pumps hot water directly into homes . Introduced into the city of Pevek just one year ago, officials installed a new generation of 'smaller and potentially more versatile nuclear plants' which sits aboard a floating barge in the nearby Arctic Ocean, according to DNYUZ . The floating power unit (FPU) Akademik Lomonosov is pictured here being towed from the Arctic port of Murmansk, northwestern Russia. This floating nuclear power plant abo [...]

Nuclear regulators in Japan have reported that radiation levels in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are “exceedingly high” and are worse than previously thought. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said in a report a significant amount of radioactive materials apparently were attached to shield plugs in the containment vessels in the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, […]