CLEVELAND, Ohio – It’s been decades since Advanced Medical Systems stopped processing cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope used ...

Researchers in the UK have found that crushed concrete from decommissioned nuclear sites can ...

The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive ...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men worldwide, following lung cancer. In the United States alone, nearly 300,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. While reducing testosterone ...

Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands during a global oil crisis, but the reboot highlights a big problem: Japan is ...

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 ...

Radioactive sources are important in cancer treatment and gamma radiography devices in industry and keeping them safe and secure is essential — from manufacture to disposal. The IAEA’s Guidance on the ...

The import and export of sealed radioactive sources is part of the modern global trade. Radioactive sources are imported and exported daily from country to country or across continents, to meet the ...

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 ...