San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip said plutonium was found at the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard ...

San Francisco officials say they weren’t told that the Navy detected plutonium at the Hunters Point Shipyard for 11 months.

Nuclear power plants provide 20% of the nation's energy. To ensure they remain functional and safe to operate, plant ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more radiation than astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a health hazard that will require ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular ...

This tiny chip can withstand temperatures up to 1,500 degrees and could one day sit inside the core of a nuclear reactor, delivering critical real-time data.

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...

Weeks ago, officials at Japan's radiation-seeping Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant had assured the public that the situation had "stabilized." On Tuesday, however, TEPCO informed news outlets ...

Products included in the most recent shrimp recall were sold under brand names AquaStar, Publix, Best Yet and Waterfront ...

Indonesian task force discovers and evacuates two large bags and six drums with high levels of cesium-137 radiation in the ...