More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste have lain scattered across the Atlantic Ocean for nearly 50 years, a relic of an era when dumping nuclear materials at sea was considered safe. Between ...

They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste—some dating back to the early Cold War—were deliberately ...

A notorious ocean pollution site off the coast of Los Angeles could be even more deadly than once believed, containing not just toxic chemicals but low-level radioactive waste, The LA Times reports.

Thousands of decaying barrels littering the seafloor off the Los Angeles coast may contain radioactive waste, according to an alarming new study. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara initially thought the ...

BOISE — A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress ...

When UC Santa Barbara scientist David Valentine found an underwater graveyard of strange barrels off the Southern California coast between Los Angeles and Catalina Island, their contents were a ...