Japan has raised global concern, after reportedly taking initial steps to explore a tiny ...

Liquid-fueled molten-salt reactors, another new type, could increase waste volume too. In these designs, fuel and coolant are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radioactive waste held in underground tanks has begun to be transferred for the first time to the massive Hanford nuclear site ...

Critics of Minamitorishima proposal point to scant research on the remote Pacific atoll Recent reports of Japan exploring the ...

A Washington-based company has successfully validated its borehole technology for safe disposal of high-level ...

The company constructing the massive vitrification plant at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington has been awarded $9.5 million in incentive pay for its work last year on the plant’s High Level Waste ...

The Department of Energy and its regulators have released a revised path forward for DOE’s most costly liability in the nation — the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in leak-prone ...

In historic step, radioactive waste moved to massive Hanford treatment plant. DOE aims to produce certified glass canisters by Oct 15, 2025, under court order. Plant will glassify low-activity waste ...