Reaching nearly 1,840 feet below the surface, the laboratory’s extreme depth introduced serious safety challenges during ...

Scientists at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant began using aerial drones to scope out areas of the underground nuclear waste repository to ensure they are safe before sending workers in. The drone ...

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

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

"That's not a reason not to do nuclear." New report examines long-standing problem with the US nuclear power plans: 'It's not a gigantic thing' first appeared on The Cool Down.

An innovative effort to redefine nuclear waste management in the European Union has been launched. The "MaLaR – Novel 2D-3D Materials for Lanthanide Recovery from Nuclear Waste" project will use novel ...

EnergySolutions' plans to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from Canada in Tooele County have gotten an initial OK, ...

The approval marks the first time a coalition of Western states will allow the import and storage of foreign nuclear waste.

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

This Collection brings together original research focused on the science and engineering of nuclear waste management and recycling. Topics include characterisation of radionuclide behaviour, modelling ...

The Board of Supervisors agreed to support research and development aimed at recycling hundreds of tons of spent nuclear fuel ...