A smoke alarm is a white plastic disc with a button and a battery, ...
A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...
Long after the events of Chernobyl and Fukushima, their impacts are still being felt. The animals near major nuclear events and nuclear testing sites, like Enewetak Atoll, were discovered to have ...
We think of radioactive material as something buried away in bunkers with bombs, power plants, and maybe some exotic medical equipment. But turns out, there are little bits of radiation in the water, ...
Indiana will take over regulation of 213 radioactive materials licenses form the U.S. Unclear Regulatory Commission as the ...
Nestled deep in the Pacific Ocean lies Johnston Atoll—a tiny patch of land with a dark past. Once the site of botched nuclear tests and ocean-dumped radioactive waste, it is now one of the most remote ...
A barrel oozing radioactive waste at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. (NODSSUM Campaign, CNRS, French Oceanographic Fleet) ...
There are around 440 nuclear power plants operating in 32 countries around the world, supplying some 10% of the world’s electricity. Another 60 reactors are under construction, and 300 more are ...
Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands ...