The world-first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland after decades of ...

The United States has roughly 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel sitting in temporary storage at reactor sites across ...

After decades of planning, arguing and engineering, workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation in southeast Washington this ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast ...

Finland is weeks from licensing the world's first permanent nuclear waste repository. Here's what it means for the global ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a nuclear regulatory bill on Wednesday that she says will effectively lift a 40-year moratorium on ...

Onkalo is the world's first facility for permanently disposing radioactive spent nuclear fuel. It is expected to operate ...

A robust, federally supported recycling program could reduce volumes of long-lived radioactive waste from the civilian nuclear power fleet by more than 95%, according to the Energy Innovation Reform ...

Vacant apartments in Missouri are the latest site where radioactive contamination was found. It's tied to improper disposal ...

The central government is searching for a permanent disposal site for radioactive waste from Japan's nuclear power plants.

The mayor of a Tokyo village expressed a willingness to allow the government to conduct a survey on the suitability of ...

With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. “We are now at ...