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 ...

Japan plans to ease regulations to allow exports of large, disused equipment from nuclear power plants for overseas disposal as a way to reduce the mountains of radioactive waste accumulating at home.

Some 2,000 gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste that had been stored in underground tanks has been shipped off the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington for disposal after it is ...

High-level radioactive waste has a great impact on living organisms and must be stored in isolation. This storage facility is named ' Onkalo ', which means 'cavity' or 'pit' in Finnish, and stores ...

To be the first in the world to obtain nuclear reaction data for long-lived fission products, and to confirm the worldʼs first nuclear reaction path for conversion to short lived nuclides or stable ...

Editor’s note: This article is published after the passing away of Rod Ewing. The draft manuscript was prepared by both authors. It has been lightly edited for style, length, and clarity. Additional ...

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing, requested the National ...

The first-ever 'tomb' for nuclear waste, located nearly 1,500 feet below the surface, will soon be sealed off from humans for 100,000 years to break down safely. Finland's $4 billion Onkalo project ...