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 process remains on track to be completed in October.

The United States has roughly 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel sitting in temporary storage at reactor sites across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bulgaria is making strides toward safe, permanent disposal of its nuclear waste. The country has completed construction of the ...

Children who lived near a St. Louis creek polluted with radioactive atomic bomb waste from the 1940s through the 1960s were more likely to be diagnosed with cancer over their lifetimes than children ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Connecticut is joining 40 other states on handling radioactive waste. This includes radioactive materials used in healthcare facilities and research, such as dyes used in ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Fionna Samuels about the use of ...

Norway should build a deep geological landfill for high-level waste and a medium-depth geological repository for low- and intermediate-level waste, a group of experts considering solutions for the ...

How do you feel about radioactive waste in your backyard? Well, last year, by cloak of darkness, Wayne Disposal, Inc. (WDI), a hazardous waste landfill located in Belleville, had planned to accept ...

Scandinavian Breakthrough: Sweden and Finland are leading global efforts to solve nuclear waste challenges with underground repositories designed to last 100,000 years, while Norway is preparing to ...

Facilities that work with radioactive materials require practical solutions for small quantities of isotopes and radioactive waste.

Uzbekistan's Atomic Energy Agency and Russia's TVEL have signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the development of a national radioactive waste management system. Uzbekistan's WWR-SM ...