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

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Yellow barrels of radioactive waste lined up on shelves - Onurdongel/Getty Images Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear ...

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, but the rest of the world wouldn't learn how close it came to ...

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

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

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...

Workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest near tanks storing liquid nuclear waste. Officials say there’s no need to panic, but watchdog groups are skeptical. Reading time 3 minutes Update: August 1, ...

EYEWITNESS NEWS. NEW ON WYFF NEWS FOUR TODAY. NOW WE’VE SEEN EVERYTHING. A RADIOACTIVE WASP’S NEST WAS DISCOVERED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ON JULY ...

Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear waste that require proper disposal. The main enemy here is time. All radioactive ...