A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.

You’ve heard about Washington’s earthquake risk, but you might not realize Washington is also at risk for a major tsunami. It could come with little warning, but you can protect yourself by being prep ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans start of full-scale commercial operation of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s No. 6 reactor on ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has resumed power generation and transmission to the grid from its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata prefecture, central Japan.

The drilling expedition, conducted aboard the research vessel Chikyu, set a Guinness World Record for the deepest scientific ocean drilling ever achieved. Core samples revealed a roughly ...

Why did the 2011 earthquake in Japan cause such a massive tsunami? This disaster, one of the deadliest in modern history, had surprised scientists by the way the fault ruptured much closer to ...

Forget the bullet train, this is the rail journey you need to take.

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans start of full-scale commercial operation of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s No. 6 reactor on March 18.

Lawton Dodd is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He most recently served as the Public Information Officer for Glynn County, Georgia.

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance.

The HBO Original documentary Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare, directed by James Jones (HBO’s Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes ), and co-directed by Megumi Inman ( Atomic People ), debuts Tuesday, March 10 ...

Various documentaries dominate the schedules this week, with Tony Blair, Gordon Ramsay, Sarah Ferguson’s dresser Jane Andrews, and America’s Next Top Model all being placed under the microscope.