Defenders of the “as low as reasonably achievable” principle say it's the linchpin of a safety-first regulatory culture.

A powerful, open-source software package named OpenMC has emerged as a cornerstone in the global effort to develop the next ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday.

The 4 to 7 percent increase in background radiation poses problems for sensitive scientific instruments. Geiger counters, ...

A nuclear radiation emergency has not taken place in the UK since 1957 but the UK has contingency plans for if it does happen ...

Developing nuclear fusion and modernizing the US nuclear arsenal will require substantial collaboration with the private ...

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

Advances in nuclear technology, particularly compact reactors, have made atomic energy a more feasible option for land-scarce ...

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 ...

The free talk should be of interest to history buffs, science enthusiasts and those curious about the Hanford site’s legacy.

As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...

I watched a video interview of the last surviving Navy man on a Navy ship that was filming an experimental atomic bomb strike on a small island. The military apparently didn’t have a clue. All the men ...