In the early 1980s, southeast Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that comes ...

The capsules contain about 30% of all the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site.

Frozen since 2013, the spent nuclear fuel management levy will increase 92.5% for pressurized water reactors and 9.2% for ...

Radioactive waste held in underground tanks has begun to be transferred for the first time to the massive Hanford nuclear site vitrification plant for long-awaited treatment for disposal. “This is a ...

Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical ...

DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

Spent nuclear fuel remains highly radioactive for thousands of years and can be very dangerous if not properly handled and maintained.[3] The issue of how and where to store this waste has been hotly ...

The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final preparations are made to begin treating waste for disposal that has been stored ...

China’s CNNC has completed a key construction stage at the Beishan underground radwaste research laboratory in Gansu.

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 ...