A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep ...

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

The Initial Project Description for the proposed underground deep geological repository system for Canada's used nuclear fuel ...

Scientists at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant began using aerial drones to scope out areas of the underground nuclear waste repository to ensure they are safe before sending workers in. The drone ...

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The years-long process for regulators to decide whether a proposed nuclear waste storage site gets the green light has begun.

Sweden has commenced construction of a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years. Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of ...

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where ...

From her bedroom window in Duxbury, 87-year-old Mary Lampert can still trace the silhouette of the concrete structure six ...