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Does Nuclear Waste Ever Go Away?

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

DOE-backed project aims to cut nuclear waste hazard to 300 years

The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that scientists can shrink the danger window of spent nuclear fuel from ...
ZME Science

Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Energy Lasts for 100,000 Years but Particle Accelerators Could Slash That Timeline to a Few Centuries

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...
Yahoo

Update: $30B nuclear waste plant can ‘finally’ start. WA leaders react

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 ...
C&EN

Hanford Site finally turns nuclear waste into glass

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 Olympian

Feds think they can do Eastern WA nuclear waste cleanup faster, cheaper. Here’s how

The Department of Energy is looking at a way to speed up Hanford nuclear site environmental cleanup by having some waste with ...