The medical dosimetry program of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been conducted since 1961.

Every day, Alaskans are exposed to radiation. Some is non-ionizing and detectable by sound, heat or sight through radios, ...

Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...

If you didn’t know, OSHA is working to help protect employees who are exposed to ionizing radiation as an effect of their job environments. Check out the OSHA ionizing radiation page for information ...

A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality. Study: Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. This publication reports on the Third International ...

Nearly 40 years after the disaster, Cladosporium sphaerospermum not only survives lethal radiation levels but appears to grow ...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life. Ever since the Unit Four reactor at ...

A variety of models of carcinogenesis are reviewed, and in particular, the multistage model of Armitage and Doll and the two-mutation model of Moolgavkar, Venzon, and Knudson. Both the latter models, ...