Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...