A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to ...

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.

The U.S. had debated its growing 90,000 metric ton stockpile of spent nuclear fuel for decades. This radioactive “waste” in temporary storage contains untapped energy, enough to power the nation for ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

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.

Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

According to Business Insider Africa, inspectors discovered 400 barrels of radioactive core material at the Madaouela site ...

The presence of 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste stored “temporarily” at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — which was permanently shut down in 2013 after severe problems with key plant equipment ...

Such repositories raise complex ethical questions around public safety, particularly given the millennia-long timescales of ...