A spokesperson for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission wrote that the agency was still in the process of amending the framework for radiation protection, adding that “public health and safety will ...

The Department of Energy in January eliminated what advocates call a critical safety directive but the agency says the “ALARA” policy isn’t needed.

As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

In accordance with the Federal Law on the Use of Atomic Energy, the management of nuclear materials and radioactive substances during transport is one of the many elements involved in the atomic ...

The DOE proposal rolling back a radiation safety standard may force Congress to weigh nuclear expansion against public health safeguards. A move by the Department of Energy to weaken a decades-old ...

Such drugs, to be used in mass casualty nuclear radiation incidents involving improvised nuclear or radiological dispersal devices, should have broad-acting protective capability, be able to be ...

Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima, Japan, recently convened two events devoted to strengthening preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological emergencies. The RANET events, funded by the ...

An IAEA team assessing Kenya’s radiation protection processes has found that the country’s shift to digital radiation monitoring is optimizing worker protection. The team also recommended that Kenya ...

China has experienced remarkable growth in nuclear power capacity and electricity output since 2012 while maintaining a ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...