ST. LOUIS — After years of reporting the radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, we go back to where it all began. The story begins in 1942 in downtown St. Louis. "Back in World War II, there was ...

Last month, a federal court ruling reversed a 2023 ruling in favor of the “Save the Hudson” law, which banned any dumping of radioactive waste into waterways. Federal law preempts such state-level ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site’s vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

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 ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the state’s U.S. senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, object to a federal proposal to transport more than 30 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste from the Hanford ...

Researchers review methods that repurpose nuclear waste to generate hydrogen, aiming to lower storage needs and support cleaner energy production. Hydrogen is currently recognized as a promising clean ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - 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 ...