Just one hour at the shore of Lake Karachay would be enough to kill. The radioactive lake, located in the southern Ural Mountains in central Russia, was a dumping ground for nuclear waste from the ...

The far-ranging dust cloud contained radioactive particles from Cold War nuclear tests, according to a new study. The major dust storm prompted a citizen science campaign that asked the public to ...

Missouri House Representatives voted unanimously on Thursday for HB 516, a radioactive waste investigation bill.

A spring desert wind laced with radioactive dust has struck France, but it's nothing compared to what Algerians have faced as a result of France's testing of nuclear weapons in former colonies.

However, apparently inhaling or ingesting radioactive glass dust can be a problem. Alpha particles can’t go very far through your skin. But once inside your body, they can be hazardous.

Paul Baton worked for three months in clouds of the radioactive dust. "I was coated like flour in radium dust as it leaked from the heavy bags on my back. It gets into your clothes, hair ...

In March 2022, an exceptional event occurred, marked by significant ground-level dust deposits, covering much of Western Europe. Cesium-137, an artificial radioactive substance emitted by atmospheric ...

The military heavy vehicles raised a radioactive dust that could not only contaminate them, but formed a radioactive cloud that could cause another disaster throughout the region and even reach ...