With growing interest in nuclear power, handling waste should be part of the deal. Today, nuclear energy enjoys a rare moment ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford team has completed removal of radioactive waste from its 23rd large underground storage tank, marking continued progress in the long-running cleanup of the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico. Holtec International described an “untenable path forward for used fuel ...

A follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Spain has judged that all seven recommendations and suggestions made following its 2018 review of the country's radioactive waste management ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has invited private firms to restart spent nuclear fuel reprocessing after nearly five decades, while Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor completed trials burning hazardous ...

Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Suzanne Dahl has worked to treat radioactive tank waste at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington for more than 30 years. For Dahl, the tank waste ...

Lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be the ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

In historic step, radioactive waste moved to massive Hanford treatment plant. DOE aims to produce certified glass canisters by Oct 15, 2025, under court order. Plant will glassify low-activity waste ...