After the mines were closed in 1968, the grey, sand-like radioactive residue was covered with soil in 23 “tailings ponds” – a ...

After a fire and explosion at the Fairmont Brine Processing Plant in 2023, officials with the Environmental Protection Agency ...

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising ...

The West Virginia Rivers Coalition, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency, will hold a public ...

Now is the time to banish low-level radioactive energy sources from facilities that house and conduct experiments with ...

T he atomic explosion that struck Nagasaki in 1945 can be traced back to the Hanford Site, an unsuspecting desert in ...

Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) is a U.S. EPA 2024 SmartWay® Excellence Award winner and SmartWay® High Performer for ...

A consultant working for the EPA identified numerous scenarios in which the public — particularly road-construction workers — ...

How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is ...

State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) recently introduced comprehensive legislation to modernize the state’s hazardous waste management system and strengthen environmental protections for ...

At the Suncor Oil Refinery in Commerce City, some air pollution is visible to the naked eye. But a new study found another unexpected, and invisible, contaminant: radioactivity.

The frogs residing in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone appear remarkably unaffected by radiation when it comes to their age and ...