Scientists are testing giant accelerators to "burn" nuclear waste, shrinking its hazard time from 100,000 to 300 years while ...

New Mexico environment officials on Thursday issued new requirements for the federal government’s operation of the nation’s ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Suzanne Dahl has worked to treat radioactive tank waste at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington for more than 30 years. For Dahl, the tank waste ...

US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

Construction of Onkalo -- which means "cave" in Finnish -- began on the west coast in 2004. It sits on the secluded island of Olkiluoto, in a dense wooded area. The closest town is Eurajoki, about 9 ...

Minamitori Island is at the easternmost edge of the country’s territory in the Pacific and has no civilian population. Read ...