After nearly a decade of inactivity, Papua New Guinea’s only radiotherapy machine re-started operations six months ago with support from the IAEA, giving renewed hope to thousands of cancer patients ...

A new map has revealed that up to 25 percent of Americans live in areas where radon levels are considered unsafe by the ...

They are small lumps of waste containing uranium and radium: Embedded in asphalt, they form small but all the more intense radioactive areas. Toxic gas also escapes at break points. It was a ...

While a radioactive substance is being used, the amount administered for the test is very small—there have been no known reported side effects associated with it. However, because there is a small ...

Three women who own properties in Elliot Lake, ON are disappointed and shocked after a federal judge rejected their appeal to order the removal of radioactive ... gas and radiation that far ...

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a type of light. Sunlight has UV rays, along with other kinds of rays. Some light bulbs give off UV rays, too. UV light bulbs are used in tanning beds and lamps, some ...

Modern linear accelerators have multileaf collimators to automatically create individualized treatment fields for conformal radiotherapy and IMRT. Another feature of modern accelerators is the in ...

New Jersey’s Department of Energy, Department of Environmental Protection and related officials have debunked a recent theory about radioactive material and ... News on Tuesday that the “very ...

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology is an integral part of one of the nation's largest health systems. Nationally known for our compassionate care, cutting-edge research, and comprehensive ...

Brachytherapy (BRAY-kee-THAYR-uh-pee), also called internal radiation, puts the radioactive material close to or inside the tumor. The radiation does not travel far from the radioactive material. The ...