News

How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and WNP-5) loom over ...
U.S. envoy to travel to N. Korea for nuclear talks
The United States, in the latest bid to salvage the North Korea nuclear deal, is sending a senior diplomat to meet with North ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN7d
US abandoned nuclear plant finds surprising second life as world’s quietest sound lab
The two 496-foot-tall WNP-3 and WNP-5 cooling towers of the abandoned Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) in Satsop ...
PHOTOS: Remembering the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident
On Mar. 28, 1979, the most significant nuclear power accident in U.S. history began after a pressure valve failed to close at ...
N. Korea invites media to nuclear plant blast
Earlier this year, Pyongyang agreed to disable its nuclear reactor and provide a full accounting of its plutonium stockpile, "acknowledge" concerns about its proliferation activities and its uranium ...
Inside Climate News20d
Nation’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Could Come to Michigan in 2030
“If you want more clean sources of generation, nuclear reactors are a great candidate ... SMR technology requires building additional cooling towers.” The Environmental Law & Policy Center ...
Gold Coast Sun9d
‘Impossible’: Nuclear authorities sound alarm as Russia signals plan to restart Zaporizhzhia power plant
But under current conditions, restarting even a single reactor would be “impossible”. A cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia ...
Firehouse28d
Workers Injured in Fire at Decommissioned German Nuclear Plant
The reactor of the decommissioned nuclear power plant can be seen behind a cloud of dust after the cooling towers were blown up. Eleven workers have been injured in a fire during demolition work ...