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 ...

The city was considered a military target, so fallout shelters were everywhere in downtown. You can still find them today.

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The fear of a nuclear apocalypse has reached a level not seen in decades as leaders in the US, Israel, Iran, and Russia continue to warn about the start of 'all-out war.' The world has been waiting to ...

Switzerland wants to update its network of aging nuclear shelters, which are increasingly seen as an asset at a time of greater global uncertainty, notably since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Thanks ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has quietly begun removing some of the corroding yellow nuclear fallout shelter signs that were appended to thousands of buildings in the 1960s, saying many are ...

A Russian drone strike in February 2025 severely damaged the New Safe Confinement at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site. The ...

KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian drone caused significant damage to the radiation containment shelter at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Private nuclear bunkers, "from small metal boxes to crawl inside of to extravagant underground mansions", are in high demand and the market is increasing, said The Associated Press. In 2023, countries ...

The head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, Oleg Korikov, has urged against any further delays in the project to dismantle the unstable shelter facility, which was built at speed ...