If you were to stand near it for just thirty seconds, you might feel nothing at first, only to find yourself overwhelmed by dizziness and fatigue days later. At two minutes, your cells would begin ...

The idea that simply standing near a chunk of material for five minutes could leave you dead within two days sounds like ...

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster remains damaged, but so far, radiation levels outside the plant have not ...

the Elephant’s Foot was only emitting one-tenth of the radiation it once had. (Image: US department of energy) Beneath the ruined reactor lies the hardened mass called the Elephant’s Foot. It is ...