While the U.S. Department of Defense noted that tritium is "relatively harmless" and that most of it is excreted through ...

The DEP later confirmed to the Public Herald that the discharge had stopped. However, the company was already under scrutiny.

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and ...

A single nuclear bomb dropped on a city can kill millions. If many such bombs were used, they could change the world's ...

U.S. federal regulators have detected possible radioactive contamination in a second food product imported from Indonesia, even as recalls of potentially tainted shrimp continue to grow. Officials ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Gresham shut down Fire Station 75 on Thursday because of elevated levels of radon — raising concerns about the risk of exposure to the gas in Oregon. According to ...

EnergySolutions seeks to transport up to 1.3 million cubic yards of low-level radioactive and mixed waste — enough to fill ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Radioactive material is getting lost in Massachusetts and it’s ending up where you least expect it. Now, some are worried it could end up in the wrong hands. 7’s Dave Puglisi ...

*Below 0.3 pCi/L is non-detectable by the kits Summit County’s Public Health Department has been collecting radon test results from homeowners for 13 years and consistently sees alarming results. In ...

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A ship with 23 containers of radioactive zinc dust is stuck off the coast in the Philippines, unable to unload because ...