They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste—some dating back to the early Cold War—were deliberately ...

The case reinforces the need for stronger standards. Officials alarmed after discovery of 400 radioactive barrels in ...

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

BOISE — A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation have begun a large-scale effort to retrieve thousands of barrels of hazardous and radioactive nuclear waste from burial grounds. About 30 ...

Handled correctly, the nuclear waste problem can move from political liability to one of the strongest enablers of energy success.

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

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In this April 9, 2019, file photo, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, marking the first transuranic waste loading operations in five years at the ...

Nuclear fusion could produce almost boundless energy with zero emissions or waste, but is not yet viable on a large scale because of the cost and difficulty generating the right conditions.