Mandatory annual training for personnel who access radiation posted areas (non-radiation workers). Radioactive material and x-ray machines are safely used in a wide variety of research programs at the ...

Routine laboratory surveys are an important part of the UMass Lowell radiation safety program and are required to be performed by radiation laboratory personnel following the use or transfer of ...

Millicurie quantities of 14 C do not present a significant external exposure hazard because the low-energy betas emitted barely penetrate the outer skin layer. The critical organ for uptake of many 14 ...

Protecting people and the environment from any risks of radiation requires a legislative framework and a national regulatory infrastructure for the control of radiation sources. The IAEA’s Safety ...

Prachin Buri province raised its dangerous situation alert to Level 2 on Wednesday as the search continued into its second day for a missing bulky tube containing radioactive caesium-137, a highly ...

Thai officials said Monday they have traced to a recycling foundry a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that was discovered earlier this month missing from a power plant, but advised that there ...

A hazard sign indicates radiation at the containment shelter of reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant. (Reuters / Gleb Garanich) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 ...