There are over 100 nuclear waste storage sites across the U.S., most located near nuclear plants such as those in Hanford, ...

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

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

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

Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for permanent nuclear waste disposal. The proposal marks the first time the ...

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

Millard County’s ancient salt dome could be “ideal” location for storing radioactive material, per state reports.

South Carolina is making a pitch for a federally-backed nuclear fuel and technology campus in the Palmetto State. Nuclear opponents argue it’s an impractical waste of time and money that ...

Greenpeace expressed concern about unresolved long-standing issues in radioactive waste management.

The US DoE is advancing a permit improvement that could increase waste processing efficiency at the Hanford Site cleanup facility.

On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade. The approval will allow work to begin on a site in Kemmerer, Wyoming ...

Japan is looking into using its remote and easternmost Pacific island Minamitorishima for long-term storage of nuclear waste ...