The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's ...

Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.

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A hospital left behind a radioactive cesium-137 teletherapy unit, with deadly consequences.

The federal government will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump outside Apollo in Armstrong County.

The United States is set to begin a cleanup mission of a nuclear waste dump ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, ...

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...

International Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material ...