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Weeklong training in Nairobi focused on the security of radioactive materials in use and storage.

NYPD boats patrol the New York Harbor screening incoming ships for potential hazards like radioactive material that could be used to make a dirty bomb

A package in May was discovered to be emitting radiation more than double the limits set by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The San Onofre nuclear power plant hasn't generated any electricity in more than ten years. But even as the iconic plant is being dismantled, it is still generating controversy over what to do with some of the radioactive material on the site.

Japan began releasing treated radioactive waste water from the damaged nuclear plant into the sea in August of this year.

Nuclear fallout can have a lasting impact on surrounding communities and environments. Some animal species near nuclear sites are still found to be radioactive.

The multimillion-pound operation means people can visit the area for the first time since 2011.

Bavarian wild boars have remained radioactive despite levels of contaminants falling in other species. Scientists have now discovered the reason for this — truffles contaminated by the fallout from Cold War nuclear weapons tests.

Chinas ban on Japanese seafood imports has created tensions between the two countries, as the latter has publicly called the ban "totally unacceptable."

Cold War nuclear weapons tests scattered radioactive material across the globe. That material can still be found in trace amounts in the sea, the soil, and — according to a new study — the flesh of wild boars roaming the forests of southern Germany.