Radionuclides of natural origin contained in or released from process materials may pose a risk to workers, public or the environment. These radioactive elements in minerals and ores originally found ...

Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are present in various forms in the oil and gas industry, particularly in the waste generated during extraction and production processes.

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Three women who own properties in Elliot Lake, ON are disappointed and shocked after a federal judge rejected their appeal to order the removal of radioactive mine waste rock around their homes.

Radioactive wastes from a New York site where the Manhattan Project work was done on atomic bombs is being trucked to a Wayne ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The month of January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a naturally-occurring radioactive gas that can be harmful to your health, as it is the second-leading cause of ...

Employees in industrial sectors can be exposed to naturally occurring or artificial radioactive materials. Regardless of the ...

You can’t see it or smell it. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that emits from the ground. You’ve likely heard ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the ... monazite in its soil which contains thorium. Thorium is a ...

Well this month is National Radon Action Month. The poisonous gas is beneath us constantly, but the key is not letting it ...