The Department of Energy is looking at a way to speed up Hanford nuclear site environmental cleanup by having some waste with ...

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A Cold War nuclear waste site in the Pacific is cracking under climate pressure, raising fears of radioactive leaks.

Ohio needs an ethical, 21st-century energy policy that includes wind, solar and other truly clean, emissions-free, renewable ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes.

Nuclear waste becomes clean energy as Jefferson Lab's particle accelerators reduce storage time by 99.7% while generating electricity for the grid.

The last CASTOR cask containing used nuclear fuel has been removed from the Brokdorf ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

The nest was found at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton South Carolina workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest at the site of a facility that used to make nuclear ...

Radioactive sources are important in cancer treatment and gamma radiography devices in industry and keeping them safe and secure is essential — from manufacture to disposal. The IAEA’s Guidance on the ...

One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...