In 1957, America narrowly averted a nuclear meltdown at the Rocky Flats plant in Colorado. A new book explores how close we all came to disaster. On September 11, 1957, 55 years ago tomorrow, a ...

A new international standard for emergency preparedness and response in the event of a criticality accident at a nuclear facility has been issued by the International Organization for Standards (ISO).

Clark is the only remaining survivor of the eight men who received severe doses of radiation in the criticality accident -- an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction -- at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant.

The suit was finally settled in 2007 for 10.3 million dollars. [Sources: The Cecil Kelley Criticality Accident, Atomic America.] Plutonium in Solution Image: The Chemical Complexities of Plutonium ...

Accidents like this release heat, light and high doses of radiation locally, harming people nearby. A criticality accident in 1958 at Y-12 hospitalized eight workers. The 2019 Defense Nuclear Fa ...

It doesn't put efforts in deciding what to do if an accident occurs," said Murakami, 81, who oversaw the evacuation of local residents from the village 25 years ago. The criticality accident ...