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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that scientists can shrink the danger window of spent nuclear fuel from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal and state permits issued. Hanford waste treatment days away. DOE faces Oct. 15 court decree deadline to start treating radioactive waste. Hanford vitrification plant to turn decades-old waste ...

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 ...

In response to the announcement of a waiver of the 1995 Settlement Agreement (which protects the Snake River Plain Aquifer and forbids the import of commercial nuclear waste to Idaho), the Snake River ...

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 ...

Researchers review methods that repurpose nuclear waste to generate hydrogen, aiming to lower storage needs and support cleaner energy production. Hydrogen is currently recognized as a promising clean ...