As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear ...

In the previous article, I discussed some of the developments that are taking place to make nuclear power safer, such that major accidents like those at Chernobyl and Fukushima are simply no longer ...

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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 ...

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

Sam Brinton’s entire career has been focused on nuclear energy and the best ways to dispose of the radioactive waste and nuclear fuel that comes from it. Their work landed them the role of Deputy ...

Europeans think that nuclear power generators should be responsible for their nuclear waste now, and not leave the problem for future generations to solve, a survey of 16,000 European citizens has ...

A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

The European Commission will promote underground storage as the safest option for storing nuclear waste, according to a leaked proposal which has already irked environmentalists. The draft directive ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Government has overturned a 30-year-old policy by agreeing to bury other countries' nuclear waste. Britain has agreed to take waste from Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden. All ...

We disagree strongly with the letter from Dr Paul Dorfman et al (“Uncertainties surround spent nuclear fuel disposal”, November 20). The report they cite, which states that insufficient qualitative or ...