Radiation can wreak havoc on the human body when it's exposed to high doses or for prolonged periods of time. The world understood this in horrifying detail after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi ...

(Corrections & Clarifications: This story previously misstated how far nuclear fallout from the government's atomic tests reached. Fallout from the initial Trinity Test reached 46 of the 48 contiguous ...

Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current ...

Editor’s note: On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that the United States has carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites, including Fordow, Natanz, and ...

The Trump administration is considering tighter safety rules on the weak radiations of cellphones even as it pursues looser regulations on the deadly emanations of the nuclear industry. By William J.

The radiological threat from the targets of the earliest attacks are relatively minor. By William J. Broad Strikes on any nuclear facilities could, in theory, release clouds of deadly radiation that ...