Japan announced Thursday that it will use a 72-foot robotic arm to collect samples of radioactive debris inside the Fukushima ...

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

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 ...

VIENNA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Fukushima nuclear accident, while triggered by a natural disaster, was in essence a man-made disaster that exposed serious shortcomings in Japan's nuclear regulatory ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese nuclear engineer Goto Masashi warned Taiwan against restarting idle nuclear power plants during a forum in Taipei on Wednesday marking the 15th anniversary of the 2011 ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

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 ...

Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, will share insights on the deployment readiness of its Universal Canister ...

LUSBY, Md. — Steam drifts above two steel-lined concrete domes at Calvert Cliffs, a 50-year-old landmark for carbon-free energy perched along the Chesapeake Bay. Those two domes, along with an ...

If you have an after-hours emergency involving radiation, dial 911. Notify Radiation Safety of any incident involving radiological materials. To have radioactive waste removed, use the following form ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah company is seeking permission to bring in low-level radioactive waste from Canada for disposal at a facility in Tooele County, which has sparked concern from some ...