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 ...
If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The ionizing radiation symbol, featuring three curved ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A drone marked with a radiation symbol has landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office, on the same day a court approved the restart of a nuclear power station that has lain ...
Radiation can damage human tissue right down to the chromosomal or even DNA level. (Courtesy: Omikron/Science Photo Library) One Sunday evening, as I finished reading Timothy Jorgensen’s Strange Glow, ...
VIENNA, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A new radiation warning symbol -- with radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person -- has been unveiled by the United Nations. The new symbol, meant to reduce ...