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

Radiation can wreak havoc on the human body when it's exposed to high doses or for prolonged periods of time. The world understood this in horrifying detail after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi ...

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy. Many of us are seeing unwelcome spikes in our electric bills. This is due in ...

The review article hypothesizes that, unlike in radiation zones like Chernobyl and Fukushima, “constitutive ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have detected elevated levels of iodine‑129—a long‑lived radioactive isotope and indicator of past nuclear ...

For decades, British governments have suppressed evidence of the human and environmental consequences of nuclear testing in the Pacific.