Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...
The heat produced by the radioactive waste strikes you when you enter the storage site of Ontario Power Generation at the ...
The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites ...
Two projects developing new nuclear fuel transmutation technologies received $10 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Both of these ...
The people of Parks Township, Pennsylvania, are thrilled and relieved that the cleanup of a local nuclear waste dumpsite will start this winter. According to CBS News, Parks Township has one of the ...
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 ...
The problem of nuclear reactor waste will have to be resolved as nuclear energy becomes more frequently adopted as the world’s source of power. No one is pro nuclear waste. Simply, nuclear waste is a ...
The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...
Researchers review methods that repurpose nuclear waste to generate hydrogen, aiming to lower storage needs and support cleaner energy production. Hydrogen is currently recognized as a promising clean ...
Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...
The core module being lowered at China's Linglong One, the world's first commercial SMR, installed in 2023 in Changjiang, China. Holtec International has shuttered their plans to store nuclear waste ...