The proposed 600-metre-deep geological repository would see spent nuclear waste contained behind multiple barriers, including copper casks, bentonite clay, layers of concrete and the geology ...

A First Nation in southwestern Ontario says even if the community votes yes on a proposed $26 billion dump for nuclear waste within their traditional territory, it would likely be opposed by other ...

That’s how long the NWMO says it will take to go through the process the government-mandated and industry-funded organization is counting on to approve the construction of a deep geological repository ...

The global nuclear waste management market was valued at US$4,864.0 million in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 1.4% during the forecast period 2024-2034.

The Canadian government has yet to decide whether it would allow recycling spent nuclear fuel in the country, as the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announces it will be engaging with the ...

SAINT JOHN, NB, March 3, 2025 /CNW/ - Moltex Energy Canada Inc. (Moltex) has developed a game changing nuclear waste management technology. Its Waste to Stable Salt (WATSS) process transforms used ...

Canada’s nuclear waste exceeds the energy equivalence of Alberta’s oil sands by a large margin, and the current available amount (approximately 60,000 tons, stored safely at licensed nuclear ...

“But there is other material still out there called intermediate level waste and there may be new types of small modular nuclear reactors that could become operational in the next 10 to 20 years.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), tasked with finding a home for Canada’s mounting volume of nuclear waste, said that’s not a long term solution.

Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it ...

Five companies have been chosen by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to design and plan Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel in Northwestern Ontario. The five ...

The permanent isolation of radioactive nuclear waste, for eternity. “In any sort of event, deep underground is a much safer scenario than at the surface where the fuel stands today,” said Binns.