Under the draft proposal, the principle that exposure should be “as low as reasonably achievable” will be replaced with hard ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

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Where public-health policy is concerned, it makes sense to be conservative. But when we try too hard, we may actually do more harm than good. An egregious example is our policy on low-level ionizing ...

Exposure to radon and its progeny in buildings represents one of the largest sources of natural ionising radiation for the population and is a ...

In a May executive order, aimed at ushering in what he described as an “American nuclear renaissance,” President Donald Trump declared moot the science underpinning decades-old radiation exposure ...

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy. Many of us are seeing unwelcome spikes in our electric bills. This is due in a ...

This expert viewpoint was informed by consultations with oncology practitioners from government and private centers, medical physicists, policy planners, and patient advocates. Drawing on Indian and ...

A retired environmental health physicist who has advised the United Nations will discuss the hidden history of the impact of the Hanford nuclear site on local communities. The B Reactor Museum ...