As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

The revival of nuclear power is accelerating efforts to develop permanent solutions for managing highly radioactive spent fuel.

As India invites private players into its nuclear sector, the nation must address the long-term management of radioactive ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

Nuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of ...

As long as we use nuclear power, there is an unavoidable problem.Where will 'nuclear waste' be finally disposed of?In Japan, this issue has persisted for many years.According to the Agency for Natural ...

Ankita Shukla's Genesis Mission project explores how AI can help scientists analyze decades of nuclear waste repository ...

Nuclear power plants run on fuel rods filled with uranium that has a shelf life of roughly three to six years. With no central repository for nuclear waste in the U.S., the spent fuel is kept on-site ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curio®, a leader in advanced nuclear recycling technologies, applauds the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding ...

Nuclear expansion is increasing pressure on governments to establish permanent disposal facilities for spent fuel. Canada is advancing a deep geological repository near Ignace, Ontario, using ...