The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise ...

Researchers believe currents transported the material south from the Bohai and Yellow seas.

The Philippines is confronting a new kind of security worry offshore, after scientists detected traces of nuclear material in ...

Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...

The capsules contain about 30% of all the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site.

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy. Many of us are seeing unwelcome spikes in our electric bills. This is due in a ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...

The standard should be, if Cesium-137 or other isotopes of concern are detectable in food items, they ought to be pulled off shelves, or at the very least labeled with warnings so consumers can make ...

Where some cities fade away with time, others are deliberately erased and destroyed. Deep within Central Asia, a chilling ...

Radioactive materials and/or radiation-producing machines may be transferred to another appropriately licensed laboratory following approval from the CU Radiation Safety Office. Once approval from the ...

Nuclear power plants are exposed to high-energy radiation, which degrades materials over time. Particles and rays interact with critical components, particularly in the reactor core, leading to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would ...