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

China has ample storage facilities for both low-level and high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power generation and is pushing ahead with research into deep geological disposal for the latter ...

Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, in a news release said the group applauds the suite ...

So the answer is not straightforward, but perhaps the best place to start is with the most familiar and serious form of nuclear waste – high-level waste produced by civilian nuclear reactors.

Scientists from various disciplines are spending a month at sea to locate these barrels, which were submerged between 1950 ...

After trying and failing to carve out more exceptions to Wyoming’s longstanding ban against storing radioactive nuclear power ...

The Japanese government and nuclear power plant operators have long grappled with how to dispose of spent fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. Authorities finally settled on the approach ...

Money was made available to prevent subcontractor employee layoffs at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington the day ...

Reactor pressure vessels and internal reactor components have high radiation levels that ... of that total will be considered low-level radioactive waste. Control rods are considered the most ...

South Korea's National Assembly has passed an act that stipulates the construction of interim storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste by 2050 and permanent disposal facilities by 2060. The ...

The NRC categorizes these rods as “high-level” nuclear waste due to their specialized handling and storage requirements. The U.S. initially planned to recycle its used nuclear fuel through ...

The project for selecting candidate sites for high-level radioactive waste began in the 1980s with geological surveys focused on four stations across France. However, due to social backlash and ...