Energy Department Considers Narrowing Nuclear Waste Campus Sites
The US Department of Energy will likely reduce the number of states chosen to host what it’s dubbing…
Lithuania dismantles nuclear reactor in Ignalina; thinks of tourist attraction
Lithuania is preparing to dismantle the RBMK cores of the Ignalina nuclear power plant reactors, which are the…
Finland’s world-first nuclear waste repository is built to last 100,000 years
Finland is preparing to clear one of the final regulatory hurdles for what is expected to become the…
Watchdog Finds Gaps in Data for $1.5 Billion in Nuclear Repairs
A government watchdog recommended that a Department of Energy office improve the accuracy of the data used to…
Billion-dollar nuclear waste site buried 1,400 feet underground nears launch
For decades, one of the main challenges facing nuclear energy has been how to safely and effectively store…
Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years but Particle Accelerators Could Slash That Timeline to a Few Centuries
Particle accelerators are being optimized to both transmute nuclear waste into safer forms and harness it for electricity.…
Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors…
Nuclear waste transport needs scrutiny: activists | Local News
Activists from several nuclear-free watchdog groups are claiming that the nuclear industry will omit nuclear waste transportation from…
Hanford site’s nuclear waste program gets green light for October start | News
HANFORD, Wash. – The Department of Energy has officially approved the opening of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (or…
Slovakia Removes 7,400 Tons of Soviet Nuclear Waste as Officials Admit “We’ve Been Sitting on a Toxic Time Bomb”
IN A NUTSHELL 🔋 Slovakia has completed the decommissioning of two Soviet-era Bohunice V1 reactors, marking a major…
Nuclear power proposal in Jerome County faces public scrutiny
JEROME, Idaho — Safety concerns dominated the first public meeting about a proposed small modular nuclear power plant…
Vacuum found in nuclear vault never meant to open
A vacuum cleaner was among radioactive waste retrieved from a nuclear store which was never intended to be…