The development and use of nuclear technology, which began in the early 1940s, has produced a substantial inventory of radioactive waste— material with no current or currently known future use. The ...

An interstate panel may consider a resolution on whether to allow EnergySolutions to import up to 1.3 million cubic yards of low-level radioactive waste from Canada. (Photo by Gregory Adams/Getty ...

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The High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Committee is holding its first meeting since its launch and is formally beginning work to construct ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

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 ...

Researchers review methods that repurpose nuclear waste to generate hydrogen, aiming to lower storage needs and support cleaner energy production. Hydrogen is currently recognized as a promising clean ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Project UPWARDS has culminated in the manufacture, physical testing and validation of a disposal-ready Universal Canister System for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced ...