The Belgian government has decided to give its entire population iodine pills in case of a major emergency at one of its nuclear reactors. The government had already issued the pills to people living ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists may have finally found a solution to tackle the problem of radioactive iodine, one of nuclear energy’s most stubborn ...

If you live near any of Pennsylvania's four nuclear power plants, you will be able to get a fresh batch of potassium iodide tablets in mid August, to use in case of a radiation leak. But what are ...

Managing radioactive waste is one of the core challenges in the use of nuclear energy. In particular, radioactive iodine poses serious environmental and health risks due to its long half-life (15.7 ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...

The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's why companies are scrambling to refine them from all manner of radioactive w ...

Scientists may have finally found a solution to tackle the problem of radioactive iodine, one of nuclear energy’s most stubborn threats, thanks to AI. A research team in South Korea has used ...