Scientists have developed a supercooled sensor that delivers full radioactivity profiles without chemical tracers.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for ...

No, this barrel did not contain any radioactive material. A company that was storing old barrels with the same markings said ...

Decades-Old Barrels, Deep-Sea Mysteries. Between 1946 and 1990, over 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were deliberately sunk into the Atlantic by various nations, including France. Packed in ...

Thousands of decaying barrels littering the seafloor off the Los Angeles coast may contain radioactive waste, according to an alarming new study. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara initially thought ...

Between 1946 and 1970, the map showed, more than 56,000 barrels of radioactive waste had been dumped on the US end of the Pacific Ocean — a grim legacy we're still picking up the pieces of today.

An international effort aims to assess the environmental impact of nuclear waste dumped in the ocean over half a century ago.

Scientists from various disciplines are spending a month at sea to locate these barrels, ... Scientists set out to inspect 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste at the bottom of the Atlantic.

Even though the practice is now banned, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste lie at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. 02:00, Mon, Jun 2, 2025 French researchers have embarked on ...

For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A photo of a barrel with a "radioactive material" label on it reportedly found in a river flooding debris pile in Asheville, North Carolina caused some concern on social media ...