A hospital left behind a radioactive cesium-137 teletherapy unit, with deadly consequences.

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The United States is set to begin a cleanup mission of a nuclear waste dump ...

Iran's Foreign Minister warns of radioactive fallout in the GCC due to US-Israeli attacks on the Bushehr nuclear plant, ...

Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, ...

Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK ...

Bulgaria has officially opened a national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at the Radiana site near the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the country's energy ministry said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft ...

The IAEA estimates that 20 million shipments of nuclear and other radioactive material are transported every year for peaceful applications in energy, medicine, education, agriculture and industry.

One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...