Radioactive waste is generated in a broad range of activities involving a wide variety of materials. The wastes arising from these ... This publication gives guidance on the storage of solid, liquid ...

Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

The carbon-14 diamond battery, is a groundbreaking discovery that could 5,700 years without ever needing to recharge.

For obvious reasons, radioactive material is a restricted commodity. Users must go through radiation safety training and the project approval process before they can begin ordering and using ...

Until then, the interim storage facility is all that is available ... The special measures law concerning the handling of radioactive materials stipulates that municipalities, which oversaw ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

If unexpected dose rates are measured, place the source back into its shielded storage container and inform the Authorized User or a member of the Radiation Safety Office. Due to potential ...

Storing this highly radioactive material - in its current form - is expensive and ... into a form which both reduces the long-term safety and security burden during storage and ensures it is suitable ...

The risk associated with radioactive materials depends on the amount of exposure. Being exposed to highly radioactive materials or being exposed to radioactive materials for long periods of time ...

A documented survey (using this form) is required at least once every month radioactive materials are used. The Survey Report is due at Environment, Health & Safety on the first day of the month to ...