Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for ...

"The same goes for the legal or financial responsibility." Officials spark backlash with concerning plan for nuclear waste: ...

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

Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: where will all of the ...

Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for ...

A team of researchers has initiated a deep drilling project underneath a mountain in ...

The government is seeking to conduct an initial survey on Minamitorishima island— Japan’s easternmost island — as a possible ...

The conventional approach of waiting for municipalities to volunteer to host final disposal sites for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants has its limitations. If this becomes a ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday asked a Tokyo municipality for consent to conduct a survey to determine the suitability of ...

The UK Treasury has branded a proposed underground nuclear waste repository in Cumbria as “unachievable,” drawing sharp ...

The Japanese government will approach a Tokyo municipality for consent to conduct a survey to determine the suitability of Minamitori Island, loc ...

The stalemate in selecting a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste at three locations has pushed the central ...