The Vermont Department of Health said it has found radioactive tritium in the Connecticut River, which probably leaked from the nearby Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The state's laboratory ...

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America’s biggest retailer is in trouble with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for improperly disposing of radioactive exit signs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The NRC has cited ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Tritium "EXIT" signs, which have tubes that glow in the dark for up to twenty years without electricity or batteries, are radioactive and should not go in the regular trash when ...

One of the major requirements of an illuminated exit sign is it has to keep glowing no matter what. That means that, if power is cut to the building, or if the sign itself gets knocked around, power ...

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LITTLE ROCK -- At issue are glow-in-the-dark signs that contain tritium, a hydrogen isotope with a radioactive strength similar to that of material in many smoke alarms. The Nuclear Regulatory ...

The self-powered tritium gas luminescent tubes in the Ever-Green series of self-luminous exit signs provide illumination for as many as 20 years without electricity. These spark-proof, explosion-proof ...

After 45 years, the Juicy Fruit chewing gum mystery is solved, thanks to this week’s story about improper disposal of glow-in-the-dark exit signs. I have carried this burden since 1961: What is the ...