Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the ...

The US Air Force will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Southern California next week to test and flex ...

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, including Operation Teapot in 1955. One was Eldridge Jones, who later ...

Gun violence kills thousands of people in the US every year: including in schools. Teachers in Utah, are learning how to use ...

For years, France buried radioactive waste from nuclear tests it conducted in the Algerian desert. And for decades, it ...

The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...

The outer shell that was struck is a protective cover built in 2016 over a heavy concrete containment structure. Soon after ...

A senior commander believes Kim Jong-un is ‘eager to transition his weapons programme from development to serial production ...