Gov. Kotek, senators Wyden and Merkley say waste should be transformed into safer solid material before being moved from Hanford, Washington ...

A recently passed resolution by San Diego County seeks partnerships with national labs and companies to reprocess the waste ...

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

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 ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., ...

DOE starts vitrification at Hanford, converting tank waste into durable glass. Plant produced glass that meets disposal standards for lined landfill burial. Vitrification frees double-shell tank space ...

In historic step, radioactive waste moved to massive Hanford treatment plant. DOE aims to produce certified glass canisters by Oct 15, 2025, under court order. Plant will glassify low-activity waste ...

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 ...