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

Radioactive waste is used radioactive material that is discarded or contaminated with radioactive material. In general, caution is required in the handling and disposal of radioactive waste.

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

The Kishida administration has unveiled a policy initiative to deal with high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants through “united government-wide” efforts. The government plans to step ...

The town hall in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, is pictured after the municipality announced it would join the list of candidates for a final nuclear waste disposal site, on May 10, 2024. (Mainichi/Takeshi ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Nuclear energy offers several advantages: It's clean, powerful and relatively cheap. But it also yields hazardous waste, a fact that terrifies a public haunted by ...

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 ...

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 ...