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 ...

On a Wednesday morning in late January 1896 at a small light bulb factory in Chicago, a middle-aged woman named Rose Lee found herself at the heart of a groundbreaking medical endeavor. With an X-ray ...

A high percentage of Germany's wild boars are radioactive while other animals in the region are not. Scientists have a surprising theory about what makes them so radioactive. A new study found that ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The massive Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS), which sprawls over a 3,777-acre site, dominates the rural landscape just outside Piketon, Ohio. The facility, which operated ...

The dispersal of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima-Daiichi reactor disaster site to the Pacific Ocean is “in line with international safety standards” according to a task force set up by the ...

For nearly a century, geopolymers have been used for construction, ceramics, fireproofing and other industrial applications. One of their most promising applications, in radioactive waste management, ...