Short-lived radioisotopes such as aluminum-26 influenced early solar system heat, water retention and the formation of Earth-like rocky planets, according to meteorite analyses and models.

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

The presence of 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste stored “temporarily” at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — which was ...

Isotek Systems, in partnership with TerraPower Isotopes, co-created by Bill Gates, are “producing cancer treatment material ...

Cooking is the leading trigger for home fire alarms, yet the device you rely on to protect your family can become so annoying ...

All the different types of small modular reactors generate heat the same way: by splitting heavy atoms and capturing the heat ...

Gov. Kotek, senators Wyden and Merkley say waste should be transformed into safer solid material before being moved from Hanford, Washington ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

EnergySolutions' plans to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from Canada in Tooele County have gotten an initial OK, ...

The approval marks the first time a coalition of Western states will allow the import and storage of foreign nuclear waste.

The IAEA has released a new safety guide to help countries design and run radiation monitoring programmes to ensure people and environment are protected from harmful effects of ionizing radiation.