David Victor’s wife called him at work. Why, she wondered, is there a cardboard box marked “Geiger counter” in my kitchen? And why does it contain resisters and diodes and other loose parts? Well, ...

New full-body airport security scanners using X-rays generate much lower doses than normal background radiation, a draft report compiled by international agencies says. Such devices, which cost about ...

A forest fire on the western tip of the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has not affected background radiation levels, state authorities said today. Ukrainian radiation ...

Harmful levels of radiation are unlikely to reach U.S., experts say. March 15, 2011— -- The world watches anxiously as Japanese authorities try to prevent meltdowns at two nuclear power stations ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Authorities are completing background radiation measurements over Southern California as part of the security precautions being put in place ahead of the Super Bowl. According to ...

Regarding the June 20 Dispatch article “Environmental group claims ODNR illegally withholding records,” it is reasonable for people to be concerned when they hear about a product that contains ...

An explosion at a Russian military base killed three personnel and caused a brief spike in radioactivity in a nearby Russian city. The Russian Defense Ministry has said that no “dangerous substances” ...

The giant confinement building encapsulating the Chornobyl nuclear reactor that exploded nearly 40 years ago is smooth and curved—built with scientific precision. Installed in 2016, the structure was ...