The world-first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland after decades of ...

The United States has roughly 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel sitting in temporary storage at reactor sites across ...

After decades of planning, arguing and engineering, workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation in southeast Washington this ...

In Finland, experts hope they have found a viable solution: burying the waste in bedrock over 1,000 feet underground. More ...

Finland is weeks from licensing the world's first permanent nuclear waste repository. Here's what it means for the global ...

For us, it’s the next step in really demonstrating that we’re a great place for the nuclear industry to expand,” said one ...

The country plans to accelerate the restart of atomic power plants. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Onkalo is the world's first facility for permanently disposing radioactive spent nuclear fuel. It is expected to operate ...

Vacant apartments in Missouri are the latest site where radioactive contamination was found. It's tied to improper disposal ...

Japan is proposing a remote Pacific island as a possible host for a nuclear waste-disposal site, an important step in the ...

The mayor of a Japanese island chain in the Pacific has effectively expressed his intention to accept a first-stage survey to choose a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste on one of ...

With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. “We are now at ...