What do I do with aqueous low-level radioactive waste? As a radiation safety officer for a small biotechnology company, I found solving that problem to be the most difficult and time-consuming aspect ...

Alpha particles: positively charged particles emitted from some radionuclides during radioactive decay. An alpha particle contains the same components as a nucleus of a helium atom (two protons and ...

The Chernobyl and (to a lesser extent) Fukushima nuclear accidents contaminated large areas of land with low-level radioactivity. After both accidents, huge efforts were taken to decontaminate the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A semi-truck carrying low-level radioactive waste that caught fire on Interstate 40 Monday afternoon could have had serious health and environmental impacts depending on what ...

Gov. Ned Lamont and state legislators acted Thursday to fully take over state regulation of the medical, academic and industrial use of low-level radioactive materials from the federal government.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah company is seeking permission to bring in low-level radioactive waste from Canada for disposal at a facility in Tooele County, which has sparked concern from some ...