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

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

A nuclear engineer reacts to That Chernobyl Guy’s breakdown of the most radioactive object found at Chernobyl. We explore why this object is so dangerous, how radiation levels are measured, and what ...

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.

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...

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 ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site recently completed a transfer of the first batch of radioactive capsules from underwater ...

Discover the fascinating process of radioactive decay, where unstable atoms transform, releasing energy in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma emissions.

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

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 ...

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 ...