Nuclear Waste Services states that the GDF would be a significant piece of infrastructure for the UK. Nuclear power accounts for around a fifth of the UK's electricity generation and waste is also ...

A government agency says it is "considering other options" for the location of a nuclear waste disposal site on the Lincolnshire coast. Nuclear Waste Services' (NWS) plans for a geological disposal ...

"A promoter of the circular economy." Power company unveils surprising plans for nuclear waste: 'New operating model' first ...

The first-ever 'tomb' for nuclear waste, located nearly 1,500 feet below the surface, will soon be sealed off from humans for 100,000 years to break down safely. Finland's $4 billion Onkalo project ...

In deep, astonishingly clear, blue-lit ponds some 40m (130ft) beneath the Swedish countryside, lies decades worth of high-level nuclear waste. It is an oddly beautiful and rather disturbing sight. Row ...

The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It is well into its ...

Scientists hoping to bury nuclear waste deep underground have vowed that plans will not go ahead without local support. Highly radioactive material equivalent in size to 6,500 double-decker buses is ...

PRAGUE — The Czech Republic is betting big on nuclear as part of a shift away from polluting fossil fuels. But it's struggling to find the answer to a key question: Where will it dump all of that ...

Lincolnshire County Council will pull out of talks to bury nuclear waste in the area unless it receives "significant" further information about the plan, the leader of the authority has said.

Holderness is one of four potential locations for a site to store radioactive nuclear waste deep underground. But how would the plan work and would it be safe? Here's everything we know so far. The ...