It's the first of three projects DOE is proposing to turn radioactive waste into a concrete-like grout rather than glass for ...

For decades, the most radioactive category of low-level waste in the U.S. has had a disposal plan that exists only on paper: a deep geologic repository that was never built. Late last week, the ...

The Energy Department has been required for decades to find a final storage site for radioactive spent fuel. Some of that ...

Between 1950 and 1990, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste were dumped in the depths of the North-East ...

On July 17, 1984, the United Kingdom staged one of the most dramatic engineering demonstrations ever televised. As part of ...

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Unlike burning fossil fuels, nuclear power plants release very few greenhouse gases. They’re safer than they’ve ever been, and currently generate around a fifth of the U.S.’s electricity. However, ...

Town of Niagara residents demanded state and federal officials deem their neighborhood a Superfund site after the discovery ...

The U.S. has over 100,000 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste sitting in temporary storage. Former NRC chairman Allison Macfarlane explains how America could solve the problem.

And what if that battery could be fueled by nuclear waste? That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s “Rads to Watts” program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants, if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and timetable of the plan. But the concept of ...