State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.
The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...
The question of how to dispose of nuclear waste is more important than ever, because the world is going through something of a nuclear renaissance. After years of fear about nuclear power plant safety ...
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 ...
A team of researchers at CERN and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a groundbreaking solution that could transform how we manage nuclear waste. This new tech addresses one ...
Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced that it has reached more than 100 issued patents worldwide, ...
Radioactive waste arises fromdiverse sources, including the operation of nuclear power plants, nuclear fuelcycle facilities, and the application of radionuclides in research, healthcare,accelerators, ...
An attempt to dispose of Manhattan Project radioactive waste in Southeast Michigan highlights the need for the US Army Corps ...
A redesigned carrier for spent nuclear fuel has been implemented at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to accelerate the material’s processing for permanent disposal. This new design resolves a prior issue ...
High-level radioactive waste (HLW) poses a long-term challenge due to its high heat output and the persistence of long-lived radionuclides. Ceramic waste forms are crystalline or glass–ceramic ...
Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...