State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

A team of researchers at CERN and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a groundbreaking solution that could transform how we manage nuclear waste. This new tech addresses one ...

Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced that it has reached more than 100 issued patents worldwide, ...

The question of how to dispose of nuclear waste is more important than ever, because the world is going through something of a nuclear renaissance. After years of fear about nuclear power plant safety ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...

Radioactive waste arises fromdiverse sources, including the operation of nuclear power plants, nuclear fuelcycle facilities, and the application of radionuclides in research, healthcare,accelerators, ...

An attempt to dispose of Manhattan Project radioactive waste in Southeast Michigan highlights the need for the US Army Corps ...

Finland is preparing to clear one of the final regulatory hurdles for what is ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

High-level radioactive waste (HLW) poses a long-term challenge due to its high heat output and the persistence of long-lived radionuclides. Ceramic waste forms are crystalline or glass–ceramic ...

Sweden has commenced construction of a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years. Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of ...

The UK's Low Level Waste Repository is nearing its 70th birthday and is probably the world's oldest operating facility of its kind. During that time things have changed from a "tip and tumble" typical ...