The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's ...

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more ...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to ...

Idaho National Laboratory held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Sample Preparation Laboratory Sept 4. The facility will enable building materials to be tested in a radioactive environment, ...

Hickory dickory dock, this nucleus could make a great clock. A special variety of the element thorium hosts an atomic nucleus that could be used to keep time, scientists say. In a first, researchers ...

As the nuclear energy industry looks to expand in Wyoming, Campbell County commissioners and their staff are working to ...

The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Iranian authorities had reported projectile impact at the country's only operational nuclear power plant that caused no damage. The International Atomic ...