A smoke alarm is designed to protect you, your family, and your home, but if you know how some of these devices work, you might start to wonder if they pose any health risks. According to the EPA, ...

The American public has been concerned with radiation safety as far back as the tragic story of the “Radium Girls,” female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials ...

Refuelling and maintenance work is to restart at Tricastin 4 this afternoon, following a radiation alarm yesterday morning. Workers in and around unit 4 were sent to the power plant's medical centre ...

MIAMI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - When 75,000 football fans pack into Dolphin Stadium in Miami for the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, at least a few may want to carry notes from their doctors explaining why they're ...

Axcess International Inc., a leading provider of RFID systems announced a unique, distributed radiation detection and alerting system based upon its battery-powered Radio Frequency Identification ...

Scrap processors could encounter radioactive scrap metal from a number of sources, including decommissioned nuclear power plants, the oil and gas industry and end-of-life medical equipment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of thyroid cancer patients setting off radiation alarms and contaminating hotel rooms are prompting the agency in charge of nuclear safety to consider tighter rules. A ...

A Japanese state-run nuclear fuel laboratory near Tokyo has detected a radiation leak in its plutonium handling facility, but no workers were exposed. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday a ...