Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

Actinium-225, an alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical, targets cancer cells precisely, sparing healthy tissue, and is being trialed for advanced breast cancer in the U.S. The phase 1b/2 trial involves ...

Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board has influenced policy and decision making on a wide range of nuclear and radiation issues, including: furthering the understanding of beneficial medical, industrial ...

President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14300 on May 23, 2025, aiming to reform the red tape–wrapped Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which has long stood in the way of the development and ...

The IAEA estimates that 20 million shipments of nuclear and other radioactive material are transported every year for peaceful applications in energy, medicine, education, agriculture and industry.

You’ve seen what a nuclear meltdown can do to your body in the movies. It can cause strange deformities, radiation burns, and ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts found that Poland is making progress in safely managing its radioactive waste and spent fuel management activities, an essential part of ...

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It was a nuclear disaster four times worse than Chernobyl in terms of the number of cases of acute radiation sickness, but Moscow’s complicity in covering up its effects on people’s health has ...