The idea that simply standing near a chunk of material for five minutes could leave you dead within two days sounds like ...

After a series of attacks on Iran made by Israel, and a number of retaliation attacks from Iran, the U.S. intervened on June 21. The U.S. completed military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, ...

A fragment of waste found near Dounreay in April was the most radioactive to be detected in the last three years, the Highland nuclear site's operator has said. Sand-sized particles of irradiated ...

WASHINGTON -- A microscopic cancer "smart bomb" powered by a single radioactive atom is able to find and kill tumor cells in laboratory experiments. Researchers hope to test the technique on human ...

One expert says explosive nuclear testing would be 'alarming.' President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is ordering the United States to resume nuclear testing, leaving experts wondering ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...