Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Fear of radiation is a staple of the post-WWII era. Assumptions ...
If the U.S. does drop a powerful "bunker buster" bomb on a suspected underground nuclear weapons site in Iran, experts in radiation hazards say there is little risk of widespread contamination. As we ...
In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...
Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...
Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...
The local community has dubbed the thryoid cancer scar "The Hanford Necklace." — -- The breach of a tunnel that houses contaminated radioactive materials at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has ...
In 2025, IAEA website audiences were drawn in large numbers to our visual science explainers and features on the safe and secure uses of nuclear energy, nuclear science and technology. 1.
This award represents the university’s first with DTRA in over a decade and builds on a growing record of success between Redshred and the university. Redshred is based in Stony Brook’s Center of ...
Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...