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A Beginner's Guide to Radiation and Radiation Exposure
Radiation and radioactivity occur naturally in the physical world. All living beings require some kinds of radiation just to live.

An Introduction to Radioactive Waste
Nuclear (or radioactive) waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel processing plants, and institutions such as hospitals and research facilities. Learn about the health and environment effects.

Chernobyl
Background information and news covering the accident at Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former USSR.

Nuclear Power Statistics, 2004

A total of 438 nuclear power plants were operating around the world at the end of 2000, according to data reported to the IAEA’s Power Reactor Information System.

Nuclear Waste Disposal: Background
Nuclear waste has sometimes been called the Achilles' heel of the nuclear power industry.

Nuclear Pollution and Cancer
A recent report by the USA Today newspaper says that a large amount of nuclear pollution has caused thousands of deaths in the United States.

Sellafield
All states engaged in the production of nuclear energy have their problem plant or plants. Across Europe, the name Sellafield approaches this level of familiarity.

Three Mile Island
The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S.

What Waste is Radioactive?
All substances --whether regarded as waste or not -- hold some amount of radioactivity.