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

A Utah company is leading a charge to take and store radioactive waste from Canada. Opponents say it’s a bad idea, and that ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Radioactivity can persist for millions of years, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and exposure to nuclear ...

The state should create a robust process for Utahns to engage in a research-informed dialogue,” writes Danielle Endres in an ...

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

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

Croatia's parliament passed a law enabling construction of a radioactive waste facility near the Bosnian border. The site will store waste from the Krško Nuclear Power Plant and Croatian medical ...