Chernobyl Nuclear Radiation Shelter At Risk of Collapse

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.
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What does nuclear radiation actually do to your body?

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 ...
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsOpinion

No, the United States does not need a costly national cancer study near nuclear reactors

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

EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation

NEW YORK (AP) — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent weeks ...
Purdue University

Introduction to Radioactivity

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...
International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA Profile: From Football Field to Nuclear Safety

The IAEA profiles employees to provide insight into the variety of career paths that support the Agency’s mission of Atoms for Peace and Development and to inspire and encourage readers, particularly ...
The New York Times

U.S. Wires Ukraine With Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts

The federal National Nuclear Security Administration is setting up an advanced network that can verify an attacker’s identity. By William J. Broad The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that ...
EurekAlert!

Hackmanite changes color also upon exposure to nuclear radiation – memory trace from radiation enables new applications

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have long studied the color-changing properties of the natural mineral hackmanite upon exposure to UV radiation or X-rays. Now, the research group ...
Newsweek

Pregnant Woman Poses With ‘Nuclear Waste’ To Prove Point About Radiation

A pregnant woman has used a photoshoot to prove that she has no concerns about nuclear power. Nuclear advocate Madison Hilly is 27 and lives in Chicago with her husband. She has been working to ...
The New York Times

Radiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conflict

The Trump administration is considering tighter safety rules on the weak radiations of cellphones even as it pursues looser regulations on the deadly emanations of the nuclear industry. By William J.
Purdue University

Introduction to Radioactivity

(Example: Using data from the distance and shielding lab to understand the role that distance and shielding materials play in radiation exposure.) This lab was created with support from Dr. Nathaniel ...