In 1974, a radioactive cloud from a French nuclear test drifted over Teahupo’o, Tahiti, now the surfing venue for the Paris Games. Villagers still feel the effects. The Great Read In 1974, a ...

SYKTYVKAR, May 19. /TASS/. The destruction of depleted uranium munitions supplied by the West to Ukraine has caused a radioactive cloud that is drifting towards Europe, Security Council Secretary ...

Plumes of white smoke have been rising for several days now from Japan's damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The fact that those plumes contain radioactive particles has stirred up a good ...

(CBS 8) - As computer models suggest the radioactive plume from the damaged Japanese plant could reach Southern California as early as Friday, health officials in the U.S. are doing their best to put ...

(March 29, 1979) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) -- A nuclear power station's cooling system malfunctioned Wednesday, releasing a cloud of radiation and forcing workers from the island facility. Officials ...