A skull and crossbones, a running person and radiating ionizing waves, all on a deep red triangle, joined other more common warning symbols today as part of a United Nations effort to reduce needless ...

The old radiation symbol was certainly a timeless masterpiece of paranoid Cold War aesthetics, but it only makes sense if you already know what it means. If confronted with the relic of such a symbol ...

"This was a school -- a place where visitors now come to take photos," said Alexey Kazakov, head of the reserve's information department. After the disaster, then-Soviet authorities evacuated all ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog introduced on Thursday a new radiation warning symbol showing emanating waves, a skull and crossbones, and a running person. It will supplement the ...

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"We can't teach the world about radiation," said Carolyn MacKenzie, an IAEA radiation specialist who helped develop the symbol, "but we can warn people about dangerous sources for the price of a ...