Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

The building houses a large grayish drum-like container designed especially to store radioactive slurry. The interior of each vessel is lined with polyethylene, while its double-walled exterior ...

An alarm was triggered after radioactive material apparently leaked from a rusted container storing contaminated waste from the early days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The incident showed ...

However, storing this substance in its current form is costly and complicated, as the radioactive material must be regularly repackaged due to the harmful effects of radiation on its containers.

Radioactive sources are used worldwide in medicine, industry and research. Once they fall out of use, the risk of them being unprotected or abandoned increases. The IAEA’s Safety Standards provide the ...

We will communicate these changes to licensees and laboratory contacts via e-mail. If you have submitted a Radioactive Waste Pickup Request and your waste was not picked up as scheduled, please check ...

Storing this highly radioactive material - in its current form - is expensive and difficult. It needs to be frequently ...