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A pregnant woman posed for a series of photos next to containers of radioactive nuclear waste as a way to prove that the substance is actually a safe method of energy production. Madison Hilly, 27, ...

3D Optical Profilometry has been utilised by the NucleUS team to evaluate the surface finish of stainless samples and determine roughness parameters to assess the suitability of materials for nuclear ...

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for scrutiny over controversial plans to store radioactive scrap metal at a town port. Radiation Free Lakeland have written to Stewart Young, leader of Cumbria County Council, ...

A Santa's grotto used by hundreds of children in the run-up to Christmas was made of containers used to store nuclear waste, it emerged last night. The grotto, in Thurso, Caithness, was built by ...

Tomsk Polytechnic University has been commissioned by Rosatom's fuel division TVEL to create an innovative X-ray machine designed for non-destructive testing of containers with radioactive waste.

Can you send a container of nuclear fuel on an 14,500-mile trip through land and sea safely? Recently, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories teamed up with organizations in South Korea and ...

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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The presence of 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste stored “temporarily” at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — which was ...

A chain of northern companies has started work on manufacturing containers designed to store radioactive waste from a nuclear decommissioning project. The First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) ...

When it comes to spent nuclear fuel, no solution is perfect—but the U.S's dry casks are pretty tough. Near the Indian Point nuclear power plant, about 35 miles north of New York City, stand two rows ...