The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life. Ever since the Unit Four reactor at ...

Inside the shattered remains of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor, where radiation levels can still kill a human in minutes, ...

Ionising radiation includes sub-atomic particles and electromagnetic radiation whose energy is high enough to ionise atoms and molecules. The detection and analysis of such types of radiation - which ...

Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...

Preparations for a scenario involving a strike on the Dimona reactor have long been part of Israel’s emergency planning.

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a Wi-Fi chip that continued to function after absorbing 500 ...

Everyone is exposed to ionizing radiation. Approximately 82% of this exposure is natural background from cosmic and terrestrial sources, and 18% is due to man-made sources. Public exposure to ionizing ...