Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive substances (CBRNE substances for short) can pose a threat to the ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

Cereal prizes used to be a big deal. In the 1940s and 1950s, kids didn’t just eat breakfast; they studied the box, filled out mail-in forms, and waited weeks for something exciting to arrive.

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive may conjure up images of things you find in a sci-fi films including green glowing men and the odd ...

While the claw is considered one of the more iconic pieces of Chernobyl wreckage in the exclusion zone, the real danger is ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a cellulose-based composite sheet that integrates paper pulp with starch, ...

The first step toward moving the casks to safer storage was modifying WESF’s aged ventilation system and filling six of its aged ventilation system and filling six of its contaminated hot cells with ...

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Radioactive waste from the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II is coming to Wayne County. In September, thousands of tons of the toxic material ...

The nest was found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton South Carolina workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest at the site of a facility that used to make nuclear ...

A preliminary injunction has confirmed – and expanded – a temporary restraining order preventing radioactive waste from being dumped at a Wayne County, Michigan, facility. The legal fight began in ...

Local officials said the signs are in response to public concern. Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is at the site of a ...

When we think of things being radioactive, most of the time it's due to a disaster like the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl. However, not all radioactive things happen due to a big and extraordinary ...