Spent nuclear fuel remains highly radioactive for thousands of years and can be very dangerous if not properly handled and maintained.[3] The issue of how and where to store this waste has been ...

Japan is one of the earth’s most earthquake-prone areas, and because of Fukushima’s daily accumulation of contaminated cooling water, some 1.3 million tonnes of this highly radioactive liquid ...

The world is home to some highly radioactive places that remain dangerously off-limits to humans. From lake dumping grounds in Russia to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, these places pose extreme ...

The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and ...

The use of uranium creates long-lived nuclear waste that's not only highly radioactive, but it can also be used to manufacture some of the most dangerous weapons on the planet.

What happens if you fall into one of those pools where they store the highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel rods?

Tribune editorial: Spencer Cox’s nuclear dream deserves careful scrutiny We should find out soon enough whether this technology is really the breakthrough Cox hopes for, or another of those ...

There is still opportunity to right the ship, however. There is no magical solution for eliminating nuclear waste­—the highly radioactive, non-recyclable fission products that are created in all ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nuclear waste and radioactive plutonium would be assessed as a fuel for reactors under a draft executive order being considered by the administration of President Donald ...

VERNON — A consultant hired by the U.S. Department of Energy has come up with preliminary plans for moving the spent nuclear fuel currently stored at the Vermont Yankee site in Vernon to an interim ...

Letter: Keep waste disposal in mind amid nuclear energy comeback Atomic power is a crucial aspect of America's energy future, but there are issues that must be addressed.

DOE demonstration sends 2,000 gallons of Hanford nuclear site radioactive tank waste out of Washington for money saving grouting and disposal.