In the 1950s it seemed likely that the Cold War could at any minute take a turn for the worse, and we might all be consumed in the fiery conflagration of nuclear war. Fortunately neither the ...

The Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024, revealed flaws in specialized indoor shelters designed to protect evacuees from radiation leaks in nuclear power plant disasters. These radiation ...

The Cold War was a turbulent time. As millions of Americans became fearful of nuclear armageddon, they prepared by building fallout shelters. The thick-walled shelters were stocked with enough food to ...