Residents in Los Alamos gathered Wednesday evening to protest the Department of Energy's handling of radioactive waste in the area, including a plan to vent radioactive tritium gas from storage ...

The revival of nuclear power is accelerating efforts to develop permanent solutions for managing highly radioactive spent ...

Tomsk Polytechnic University has been commissioned by Rosatom's fuel division TVEL to create an innovative X-ray machine designed for non-destructive testing of containers with radioactive waste.

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

Hanford moves 1st radioactive capsules from underwater storage. The capsules could break and release radiation in a severe earthquake. Dry storage should be safer and reduces maintenance and ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) — The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have finished depressurizing four tritium waste containers that have been in storage since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first containers of glassified Hanford tank waste have been delivered to their final destination, the Integrated Disposal ...

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More than 20 containers of radioactive zinc have been stranded off the Philippine coast for over than a week and a solution for their disposal is needed "fast," a nuclear official said on Oct. 31.