Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Duke Energy will conduct its first siren test of 2026 at each of its six nuclear power plants, ...

This op-ed's authors argue that the president's nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America's aging arsenal ...

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s ordered the Defense Department to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries, according to a post on his social media platform.

The U.S. Army is moving closer to deploying a new class of nuclear technology that could reshape how the United States ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump says U.S. will restart nuclear testing, reversing decades of policy since the last test in 1992. Russia, ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Duke Energy and Brunswick County will test the outdoor warning sirens around the Brunswick Nuclear Plant on Wednesday, Jan. 7 ...

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's ...

In 1955, the US Navy detonated a nuclear warhead deep beneath the Pacific Ocean during Operation Wigwam. The test focused on ...