Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

The views of young people are being sought as part of proposals to build a new underground nuclear waste site. The Mid ...

A Utah-based company plans to ship international radioactive nuclear waste from Canada to the United States for disposal in Utah.

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

The U.S. government launched a new operation extracting rare materials from Cold War era nuclear waste that is likely to ...

China’s CNNC has completed a key construction stage at the Beishan underground radwaste research laboratory in Gansu.

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

Team finishes construction of steep spiral ramp leading to underground facility where nuclear waste will be secured for ...

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

The project, located deep beneath China's Gobi Desert, will be used for safe disposal of radioactive materials.

‘We understand that spent nuclear waste will generate residual heat, but experience in other areas (granite) suggests the ...

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (the NWMO) is proposing a new underground deep geological repository system designed to safely contain and isolate used nuclear fuel near Ignace, Ontario. As ...