International mining giant Rio Tinto has admitted to misplacing a “highly radioactive” object along an 870-mile Western Australian highway, several outlets report. But if it’s any consolation, they’re ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There's been a new scare for people living in a housing development on the old Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The former base was known to be contaminated with toxic and ...

The redevelopment of the Hunter’s Point Shipyard into San Francisco’s newest neighborhood has gone radioactive. That’s the reason the U.S. Navy gave for its latest pushback on the timing of its ...

There’s a new problem in the ongoing effort to develop housing at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. Workers for the California Department of Public Health found a small, but ...

Can a person or object exposed to high radioactivity just take a shower with soap and water, or is more needed for decontamination? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawsuit is being filed over radioactive waste at San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood. The group, Green Action for Health and Environmental Justice gave notice on Thursday that ...

Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom is planning to remove the most dangerous radioactive items from the country’s Arctic seafloor. State news agency TASS reports that the six most ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The discovery of a small radioactive naval deck marker in the soil at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has further inflamed debate over the safety of the redevelopment ...

The radium deck marker was located near hundreds of new condos on land owned by Lennar Corp. that has been called safe for decades. An unwelcome surprise for Hunters Point development plans surfaced ...

Health experts are questioning the safety of the San Francisco Shipyard after workers discovered a radioactive deck marker less than a foot below the area's $8 billion neighborhood. Contact with the ...