The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...

Reactor radiation-shielding optimization methods are proposed by combining many-objective evolutionary algorithms with particle-transport calculation software that can optimize the reactor ...

Vladimir Putin's recent threats of nuclear weapon use are deeply concerning. A nuclear war would have catastrophic consequences, both short and long-term, including radiation-induced cancers. However, ...

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a method to ...

The approach focuses on improving the material properties of the mortar so that it can perform both as a structural component ...

Chemists report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salts. High temperatures and ionizing radiation ...

When a nuclear plant reaches the end of its life or is damaged, it must be decommissioned. This process can take more than 20 ...

If disaster strikes and you’re tasked with clearing up some radioactive ruins, hardy robots are far better suited for the ...

A recent study in Nature Communications suggests that Americans living closer to nuclear power plants face higher cancer ...