What's most striking about Japan's nuclear exclusion zone, is what you don't see. There are no people, few cars, no sign of life, aside from the occasional livestock wandering empty roads. Areas once ...

The world's worst nuclear energy disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is ...

Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control ...

What is changing?: Exclusion zones around nuclear plants could shrink to 700 m for large reactors and 500 m for small units, freeing up land for more capacity. Why it matters: The change supports ...