Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear engineer argue.

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

Radiation is one of the most misunderstood topics in modern society, News.Az reports. Because it is invisible and often ...

Anyone who watched the gripping 2019 “Chernobyl” miniseries on HBO could be forgiven for thinking the 1986 nuclear disaster caused the deaths of many thousands, including plant workers, cleanup teams, ...

Radiation can wreak havoc on the human body when it's exposed to high doses or for prolonged periods of time. The world understood this in horrifying detail after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi ...

If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world would know almost straight away, thanks to an array of government and DIY radiation-monitoring programs running globally.

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...

Innovative ideas on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, uncrewed aerial systems and other technologies can be used to enhance existing radiation detection capabilities for nuclear security ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have long studied the color-changing properties of the natural mineral hackmanite upon exposure to UV radiation or X-rays. Now, the research group ...

Occupational exposure to ionising radiation continues to be a critical concern across medical and nuclear medicine fields. With expanding diagnostic and therapeutic applications—from advanced imaging ...