A helicopter outfitted with radiological detection equipment has been making low-altitude flights over New Orleans and ...

The Department of Energy said Friday low-altitude helicopter flights to measure background radiation will be done over New ...

While these tools don’t enable the monitoring of precise isotopes in the air and detailed analysis of nuclear events, they can clearly measure the background radiation levels in the area and ...

While there are a lot of tools for measuring the dose of radiation a person receives, there needs to be some way to put that data into a meaningful biological context. To that end, a whole ...

The radiation the elements emit isn’t enough to affect human health, but it is enough to disrupt an experiment. Researchers in the low-background-counting group measure the amount of radiation emitted ...

Watch this video to see the procedure for measuring the activity of a radioactive sample, taking into account the background radiation. Radiation from natural sources and man made sources is ...

Low-flying helicopters will be scanning New Orleans next week ahead of Super Bowl LIX looking for radioactive hot spots. The ...

A measure of the risk of biological harm is the dose of radiation ... The ICRP recommends that any exposure above the natural background radiation should be kept as low as reasonably achievable, but ...

A helicopter outfitted with radiological detection equipment has been making low-altitude flights over New Orleans and ...

The Department of Energy said Friday low-altitude helicopter flights to measure background radiation will be conducted over New Orleans Feb. 2 through Feb. 6 as part of security precautions for ...