Singapore's National Radiochemistry Lab undergoes annual IAEA tests, assessing its ability to detect trace radiation, crucial as ASEAN considers nuclear power. The lab uses specialised equipment to ...

The Trump administration wants the NRC to reconsider core radiation safety models to accelerate nuclear development. Critics warn that weakening safety standards may erode public trust without ...

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a low-cost, portable radiation dosimetry system that turns a smartphone into an on-site radiation detector, for immediate dose assessments after ...

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, ...

Researchers have detected elevated levels of iodine‑129—a long‑lived radioactive isotope and indicator of past nuclear activity—in waters west of the Philippines. The team believes the material ...

Defenders of the “as low as reasonably achievable” principle say it’s the linchpin of a safety-first regulatory culture. The Department of Energy decided to roll back its radiation protection ...

The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — More than 200 U.S. and Japanese personnel took part Thursday in a joint emergency drill to practice responding to a hypothetical radiation exposure involving a ...

Re “San Diego bids farewell to USS Nimitz as ‘coolest’ carrier in the Navy ends 50 years of service” (Dec. 7) and “State needs nuclear energy to reach climate goals” (Dec. 9): In reading these recent ...

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 ...

This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy. Many of us are seeing unwelcome spikes in our electric bills. This is due in ...