To determine which symbol would better convey the radiation risk to the public, the IAEA conducted a survey covering 11 countries in different parts of the world. The result was the ...

"The new ionizing radiation warning symbol (ISO 21482) is the latest successful result of long-standing cooperation between the IAEA and ISO. We encourage the symbol´s rapid adoption by the ...

The new symbol will not be visible under normal use, but only if someone attempts to disassemble a device that is a source of dangerous radiation. It will not be located on building access doors ...

The old radiation symbol was certainly a timeless masterpiece of paranoid Cold War aesthetics, but it only makes sense if you already know what it means. If confronted with the relic of such a ...

VIENNA, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A new radiation warning symbol -- with radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person -- has been unveiled by the United Nations.

Proton therapy, sometimes called proton beam therapy, is a type of radiation used to treat cancer. It uses tiny particles called protons to do the job that X-rays do in traditional radiation therapy.