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

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 ...

First glassified Hanford tank waste canisters moved to lined landfill. Integrated Disposal Facility be permanent disposal site for vitrified waste. Landfill can only accept low level radioactive waste ...

US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...

Nuclear power is squarely in the spotlight once again. As my colleague Erik Funkhouser pointed out in his recent article, enthusiasm for nuclear has come and gone before. But today’s “nuclear ...

The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...

This question has long been nuclear energy’s Achilles’ heel, fueling public opposition and stifling a uniquely beneficial clean energy resource. Opponents frame nuclear waste management as a technical ...