But few people know its secret. In September 1957, the Mayak nuclear plant exploded - the first major nuclear disaster in history. Stalin had ordered that the plant be built in a hurry after ...

Just one hour at the shore of Lake Karachay would be enough to kill. The radioactive lake, located in the southern Ural Mountains in central Russia, was a dumping ground for nuclear waste from the ...

Nuclear weapons can produce some of the most devastating destruction of any device ever created by humankind -- so what ...

But few people know its secret. In September 1957, the Mayak nuclear plant exploded - the first major nuclear disaster in history. Stalin had ordered that the plant be built in a hurry after ...