After the Chernobyl Disaster, researchers have been studying the movement of radioactive contamination all over central Europe. Fortunately, that radioactive contamination is decreasing in just about every living thing, except for one...

This video explores the hidden history of the Kyshtym nuclear disaster of 1957, when a waste storage tank explosion at the Mayak plant released radioactive materials across rural Russia. Learn how the Soviet government kept the...

This video examines two significant nuclear incidents in the U.S. during 1979. Learn about the reactor meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island, which sparked nationwide debates on nuclear energy, and the lesser-known but...

This video explores the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, triggered by Japan's most powerful earthquake and a devastating tsunami. Learn how natural forces overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to reactor meltdowns,...

This video explores the events of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, where a reactor explosion released massive amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. Learn about the causes, the immediate response, and the long-term effects on the...

This video is a lecture on radioactive contamination, exploring the difference between contamination and irradiation. The video uses examples of famous incidents of radioactive contamination, such as Chernobyl, and explains how...

Since the beginning of atomic testing steel has become weakly radioactive making it useless for applications sensitive to radiation such as in the manufacture of Giger Counters.

Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...