Geiger Counter
An active area of research in physics in the early 1900s was the attempt to develop instruments to detect and count various types of radiation. Since radiation cannot be discerned by an...
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A group of Canadian veterans who
endured Cold War-era nuclear explosions in Nevada from just
1,000 yards (meters) away, threatened on Tuesday to sue the
Canadian government for ...
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A member of one of Texas' oldest ranching families has locked horns with an oil company in a bizarre dispute involving pet rhinos, steel pipe and allegations of radiation poisoning and a corporate ...
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Geiger counters were a hot item in this small town a half century ago. Nearly every business, including the pool hall, sold the instruments to wannabe uranium prospectors."People weren't worried ab...
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FORSMARK, Sweden, Oct 29 (Reuters) - It's not everyone's
dream destination, but in Sweden thousands of visitors each year
head to remote coastland to view the nation's nuclear power
plants. At For...
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