‘We understand that spent nuclear waste will generate residual heat, but experience in other areas (granite) suggests the ...

A Southern California Edison employee measures radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on March 10, 2020. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Around ...

STOCKHOLM — After decades of prevarication, Sweden on Thursday decided on a final storage plan for its nuclear waste, becoming only the second country in the world after Finland to take such a step.

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

Nuclear waste could be stored beneath Holderness in a facility which would operate for up to 175 years, under proposals unveiled today. Government agency Nuclear Waste Services has announced south ...

The years-long process for regulators to decide whether a proposed nuclear waste storage site gets the green light has begun.

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of ...

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Current planned methods for storing high-level nuclear waste are "severely" unsafe, scientists have warned. Researchers at Ohio State University discovered that long-term plans to store radioactive ...

If approved, the construction would likely begin sometime in 2027. Residents divided over proposed nuclear construction plans: 'Where is the waste going to be stored? first appeared on The Cool Down.

Nuclear waste could be stored beneath Yorkshire in a facility which would operate for up to 175 years, under proposals unveiled today (January 25). Did you know with a Digital subscription to ...