One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and ...

Fearsome monuments, color-changing cats, and atomic "priesthoods" have all been proposed as solutions—but warning humanity of ...

Holtec International says opposition from state officials in New Mexico made for “an untenable path forward” for its project ...

A half century after initial disposal payments were made, America’s commercial nuclear waste remains exactly where it started ...

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), the state-owned body responsible for managing the UK’s radioactive waste, has launched early ...

A conflict is growing between the South Korean government and the nuclear energy academic community over the construction of a research underground research laboratory (URL), a facility designed to ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Officials checking the presence of airborne radiation at an underground site in southeastern New Mexico where the U.S. government seals away low-grade nuclear waste say surface ...

Sweden’s Forsmark site is advancing its long-term nuclear waste storage with new vaults and deep repository excavation.

Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization is seeking public input to "confirm and refine" its proposed approach ahead of the planned 2028 launch of the site selection process for a second ...

At their regular meeting this week, the Campbell County Commissioners had yet another conversation on nuclear energy and nuclear waste.

Sweden is constructing a $1 billion nuclear waste repository located over 500 meters deep in solid bedrock, designed to ...

The Department of Energy has long been burying plutonium waste beneath the surface of New Mexico's desert. The DOE stashes it inside carved-out salt beds, which act as a sealant. Plutonium, which has ...