The Runit Dome, aka "The Tomb", soon after it was built in 1980. (Public Domain) A gaping hole was left on a small island in ...

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 ...

Sen. Will Parkinson is concerned about the potential fallout effects to Guam over reports that Japan plans to designate its ...

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 ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...

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 ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has praised progress made by Poland in safely managing its radioactive ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts found that Poland is making progress in safely managing its radioactive waste and spent fuel management activities, an essential part of ...

Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons and we have just seen the start of a new war in the Middle East over one more ...

Radioactive material supports many activities that improve lives around the world. Only a limited number of specialized facilities produce these materials, so safe and secure tran ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as ...

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 ...