Roughly 70 former employees of a metro-east factory tied to the Manhattan Project—and the spouses of deceased workers—have ...

In 1986, in the Dnieper River Basin, a densely populated area in the middle of eastern Europe, the most severe nuclear accident in human history occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine.

"We're coming back to the very spot where the Manhattan Project started and there's something really eerie, historical but ...

Hundreds of thousands of County residents may now qualify for tax-free federal payments worth up to $50,000, but many are not applying, some saying they don’t trust the program or the people promoting ...

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A look at frequently asked questions about radon and what Ohioans can do to protect themselves from the toxic gas.

Uranium from the former Kerr-McGee plant still remains in the groundwater around the Logan County site despite cleanup ...

The 4th edition of the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) of Window Rock at the Navajo Nation Museum was honored with ...

County commissioners passed a resolution to oppose nuclear waste storage, and in support of putting the issue to a statewide vote.

Ute tribal members in White Mesa, Utah and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe are getting some help in their decades-long struggle to ...

When most people think about radioactivity, their minds jump to nuclear power plants, medical X-rays, or maybe that ominous ...

As a result, several everyday appliances and consumer items were manufactured with radioactive elements such as uranium, thorium, radium, and polonium. While most emitted only mild levels of radiation ...