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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Storing used nuclear fuel (and uranium tailings) is a waste because it can still generate energy and is thus more valuable ...

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 ...

A panel called in federal experts to reassure the public about the safety of storing spent fuel after two bills that would have made exceptions to a state ban failed.

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 ...

A project to store Canada’s nuclear waste is moving forward in northwestern Ontario with the selection of a design and ...

A government-commissioned report on the environmental impact of nuclear waste storage is so flawed it must be redone, ...