Each day of war risks a strike on sites that could scatter radioactive material. Officials say one laboratory near the front ...

The local community has dubbed the thryoid cancer scar "The Hanford Necklace." — -- The breach of a tunnel that houses contaminated radioactive materials at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has ...

Radiation can affect the body in ways that most people don’t fully understand. The severity of its effects depends on several factors, including the dose received, the type of radiation, and the ...

The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China all scrambled to develop ever more powerful nuclear weapons ...

Russia says a Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight, prompting ...

The buzz about radioactive wasps at a Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina just won’t die. Investigators found “hot” nests inside a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, with scientists ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...