The Hanford nuclear site's massive vitrification plant could begin treating waste for disposal as soon as this summer.

A U.S.-based facility that served as a naval nuclear propulsion prototype reactor plant has been fully deactivated. The ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken ...

Radioactive waste from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant was discharged into Ohio rivers and creeks for decades. Learn ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site's massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon as ...

Nuclear energy is having a resurgence. But obstacles remain. Consultants told BI what they think are the key issues.

Science communication is a distinct field, but many scientists aren’t trained in it. As a result, they often rely on an outdated approach known as the ‘information deficit model’, assuming more facts ...

Radioactive waste can remain hazardous for millions of years. The lack of a clear disposal strategy is pushing some to search for solutions.

PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - France's new nuclear waste storage project is expected to cost between 26 billion euros ($28.93 billion) and 37.5 billion euros, the national nuclear waste agency said on ...

Gerald Frankel receives funding from ONR, DOE. 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.

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

Nuclear waste, which can remain radioactive and, therefore, highly dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years, is currently stored in 16 temporary locations above ground, but it can't stay there ...