The world is home to some highly radioactive places that remain dangerously off-limits to humans. From lake dumping grounds in Russia to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, these places pose extreme ...

Augean North Ltd has submitted a 600-page document on how it will ensure environmental safety if it is allowed to dispose of "low-level radioactive waste" at its landfill site in Port Clarence ...

Enrichment sites have none of the hazards of nuclear meltdowns, which can occur at nuclear reactors and release highly radioactive, toxic materials into the environment.