As countries across the world experience a resurgence in nuclear energy projects, the questions of where and how to dispose ...

The thorniest issue is the highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel. SONGS officials say that it’s stored safely in sealed ...

Oak Ridge researchers are converting nuclear waste into components for targeted alpha therapy, a cancer treatment that ...

Sweden is constructing a $1 billion nuclear waste repository located over 500 meters deep in solid bedrock, designed to ...

This new tech addresses a major problem in the industry. Scientists propose revolutionary method to deal with radioactive ...

The world has been enriching uranium for many decades, primarily beginning in the Cold War era. As a result, there are ...

Some see the high court’s decision in case against the state of Texas as a promising sign, but significant hurdles remain.

As countries across the world experience a resurgence in nuclear energy projects, the questions of where and how to dispose of nuclear waste remain as ...

The DOE's Hanford Site has safely treated and solidified 2,000 gallons of tank waste under its Test Bed Initiative.

As some communities in far northwest Colorado discuss hosting a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, western leaders are ...

A 1987 federal law named Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, as a permanent disposal site for nuclear waste – but political and legal challenges led to construction delays.

The former headquarters of the Manhattan Project, where the world's first atomic bomb was created, is now turning nuclear ...